anklet

From ankle +‎ -et, based on bracelet.

• (without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋklət/

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    • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯ŋklət/, /ˈɛ̃ŋklət/
• Hyphenation: ank‧let

anklet (plural anklets)

1. A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
   • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 79:

     The men wear their frizzly hair gathered into a flat circular knot over the left temple, which has a very knowing look, and in their ears cylinders of wood as thick as one's finger, and coloured red at the ends. Armlets and anklets of woven grass or of silver, with necklaces of beads or of small fruits, complete their attire.

2. An ankle sock.
   • 1959, Chain Store Age for Supermarket-Grocery Executives, page 237:

     Stretch socks are made in infant sizes, girls' and ladies' anklets […]