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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A band worn around the upper arm, often as identification or as a symbol of mourning or protest.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A piece of crooked iron attached to a rail or to a stone block fixed against the walls in barrack-rooms, to retain the soldiers' muskets when not in use.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a band worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning.
  • noun a band worn around the upper arm.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A band worn around the arm usually to symbolize protest or mourning.
  • noun An inflatable band worn round the arms to keep afloat in water

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a band worn around the upper arm
  • noun worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
  • noun a band worn around the arm for decoration

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