different between bracelet vs watchstrap

English

Etymology

From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?b?e?sl?t/, /?b?e?sl?t/

Noun

bracelet (plural bracelets)

1. A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
2. The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
3. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A handcuff.
   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     Of thirty bare yeares haue I
     twice twenty bin enraged,
     & of forty bin three tymes fifteene
     in durance soundlie caged,
     On y? lordlie loftes of Bedlam
     with stubble softe & dainty,
     braue braceletts Strong, sweet whips ding dong
     with wholesome hunger plenty

4. (historical) A piece of defensive armour for the arm.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• awareness bracelet
• charm bracelet
• friendship bracelet

Translations

Verb

bracelet (third-person singular simple present bracelets, present participle braceleting or braceletting, simple past and past participle braceleted or braceletted)

1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.

See also

• armband
• bangle
• -let

French

Alternative forms

• brasselet (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French bracelet, from Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a.sl?/

Noun

bracelet m (plural bracelets)

1. bracelet

Derived terms

• bracelet électronique

Further reading

• “bracelet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• célébrât

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Noun

bracelet m (plural bracelés or braceletz)

1. bracelet (jewelry)
2. bracelet (armor)

Descendants

• French: bracelet

References

• bracelet on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Noun

bracelet m (oblique plural bracelez or braceletz, nominative singular bracelez or braceletz, nominative plural bracelet)

1. Diminutive of bras (“arm”)
2. bracelet (jewelry)

Descendants

• ? English: bracelet
• Middle French: bracelet
  • French: bracelet
• ? Irish: bráisléad
• Norman: brâcelet

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bracelet)
• bracelet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature: Volume 4, January 1, 1816 by John Brown page 287
• https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=g_pPAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-g_pPAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1

English

Etymology

watch +? strap.

Alternative forms

• watch strap

Noun

watchstrap (plural watchstraps)

1. A strap of leather, metal etc that holds a wristwatch in place; a watchband.

Translations

Trivia

This is one of the few 'common' English words with six consonants in a row. Others include catchphrase, sightscreen, and latchstring.