chainlet en · NOUN
Etymology
From chain + -let.
Meanings
-
A small chain.
Her pure white dress, her fair arms and neck, the trembling chainlet of gold circling her throat, and quivering on her breast, glistened strangely amid the obscurity of the sick-room.
1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The First Blue-Stocking”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 84–85:What plumage waved the altar round , How spurs and ringing chainlets sound
1805, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
- A chain (totally ordered set) that has a finite number of elements.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chainlets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
uk ціпо́к (a small chain) · ru цепо́чка (a small chain) · uk ланцюжо́к (a small chain)