armillary

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ar=mil=lar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

armillary, a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See Arm, n.].

 Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.  [1913 Webster]

Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

armillary, adj. relating to bracelets.

Idiom

armillary sphere hist. a representation of the celestial globe constructed from metal rings and showing the equator, the tropics, etc.

Etymology

mod.L armillaris f. L armilla bracelet