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Armilla   /ɑrmˈɪlə/   Listen
Armilla

noun
(pl. E. armillas, L. armillae)
1.
A celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars.  Synonym: armillary sphere.
2.
(archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm.





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"Armilla" Quotes from Famous Books



... out of the civil wars, Tom o' Bedlams did travel about the country; they had been poor distracted men, that had been put into Bedlam, where recovering some soberness, they were licentiated to go a begging; i.e., they had on their left arm an armilla, an iron ring for the arm, about four inches long, as printed in some works.[179] They could not get it off; they wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into this horn, ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) - Edited, With Memoir And Notes, By His Son, The Earl Of Beaconsfield • Isaac D'Israeli


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