ˈnose-ring
[f. nose n.]
1. A ring fixed in an animal's nose.
| 1778 W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric., Digest 49 Nose rings will reclaim them, be they ever so riotous. |
2. A ring-shaped ornament worn in the nose.
| 1819 Keats Cap & Bells (1848) II. 227 His turban wreath'd of gold,..Mustachios, ear-ring, nose-ring, and his sabre keen. 1839 Thackeray Major Gahagan i, I..carried away Scindiah's nose-ring with a pistol-ball. 1864 Spencer Illustr. Progress 90 From nose-rings to ear-rings. 1877 A. B. Edwards Up Nile xix. 545 The bride..wears a gold brow-pendant and nose-ring. 1964 S. M. Shdeek Windswept & Other Stories (1969) 14 Earrings and nose-rings twinkled. |
Hence ˈnose-ringed ppl. a.
| 1925 E., O., & S. Sitwell Poor Young People 7 Like my black Nose-ringed lumbering bear. |