bangle means A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
bangle is pronounced /ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”).
noun
- A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.“Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.”
- The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs
verb
- to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
- to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).“Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].”
- (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
- to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.