[a. Hind. bangṛī, bangrī, orig. a colored glass ring worn on the wrist by women.] A ring-bracelet or anklet.
1787. Archaeol., VIII. 256 (D.). The ankles and wrists ornamented with large rings or bangles.
1798. Greville, in Phil. Trans., LXXXVIII. 405. The venders of glass bangles.
1830. Marryat, King’s Own, xlii. The women … wear … gold bangles upon their arms and legs.
