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wrist·band

(rĭst′bănd′)

A band, as on a long sleeve or a wristwatch, that encircles the wrist.

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wristband

(ˈrɪstˌbænd)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a band around the wrist, esp one attached to a watch or forming part of a long sleeve

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a sweatband around the wrist

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

wrist•band

(ˈrɪstˌbænd)

n.

1. the band of a sleeve that covers the wrist; cuff.

2. a strap attached to a wristwatch and worn around the wrist.

3. a cloth band worn on the wrist to absorb perspiration.

[1565–75]

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Noun	1.	wristband - band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) sleeve, arm - the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
	2.	wristband - a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)

Translations

manchette

polsino

wristband

[ˈrɪstbænd] N [of shirt] → puño m; [of watch] → pulsera f (Sport) → muñequera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wristband

[ˈrɪstbænd] n

[watch] → bracelet m

(for identification) → bracelet m

(= bracelet) (leather, cotton) → bracelet m

[shirt] → poignet mwrist-rest [ˈrɪstrɛst] n → repose-poignets m, repose-poignet m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wristband

[ˈrɪstˌbænd] n (of shirt) → polsino; (of watch) → cinturino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Their voluminousness of wristband, with an air of excessive frankness, should betray them at once.

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It is just so with your buttons: you let them burst off without telling me, and go out with your wristband hanging.

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Gentleman Jones, not in the least altered or ruffled, smoothed down his wristbands, smiled, and walked away.

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A narrow belt held it at the waist and the sleeves were gathered into close fitting wristbands. She had discarded her hoopskirt and appeared not unlike a nun.

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Broad-brimmed white hats and Panamas, blue-cotton trousers, light-colored stockings, cambric frills, were all here displayed; while upon shirt-fronts, wristbands, and neckties, upon every finger, even upon the very ears, they wore an assortment of rings, shirt-pins, brooches, and trinkets, of which the value only equaled the execrable taste.

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The breast of his coat was ornamented with an outside pocket from which there peeped forth the cleanest end of a very large and very ill-favoured handkerchief; his dirty wristbands were pulled on as far as possible and ostentatiously folded back over his cuffs; he displayed no gloves, and carried a yellow cane having at the top a bone hand with the semblance of a ring on its little finger and a black ball in its grasp.

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See Appendix A] appeared at the door in a spick-and-span new blue cloth uniform, decorated with shining brass buttons, and with bands of gold lace around his cap and wristbands; and he wore white gloves, too.

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They starched two hundred white shirts, with a single gathering movement seizing a shirt so that the wristbands, neckband, yoke, and bosom protruded beyond the circling right hand.

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'Bolder,' said Squeers, tucking up his wristbands, and moistening the palm of his right hand to get a good grip of the cane, 'you're an incorrigible young scoundrel, and as the last thrashing did you no good, we must see what another will do towards beating it out of you.'

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Howbeit, Twemlow doth at length invest himself with collar and cravat and wristbands to his knuckles, and goeth forth to breakfast.

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Tupman, speaking in a voice tremulous with emotion, and tucking up his wristbands meanwhile, 'is great--very great--but upon that person, I must take summary vengeance.'

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"Miss Meg March, one letter and a glove," continued Beth, delivering the articles to her sister, who sat near her mother, stitching wristbands.