armill (English, noun)
expansion: armill (plural armills)
Senses:
glosses: A bracelet used in royal coronations, especially that of the monarch of the United Kingdom (symbolically known as a "bracelet of wisdom and sincerity")
glosses: A silken stole worn around the neck by royalty.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An ancient astronomical instrument, having either one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes (an equinoctial armil) or two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices (a solstitial armil).
tags: historical
glosses: Any bracelet or armlet.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: armills
tags: plural
form: Armill
tags: alternative
form: armil
tags: alternative
form: armilla
tags: alternative