Chased bracelet

[irmamar]

What is a "chased" bracelet? In the sentence it is a lovely silver bracelet. Nothing to do with the hunting.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I've seen that as a term to talk about embossed or engraved metals. Nice work when it's jewelry.





Cincelado, me acaban de decir.

[irmamar]

Thanks, Angelica. The dictionary entry was about hunting.

[Perikles]

To chase can mean to adorn metal with work embossed or engraved. It's a shortened form of to enchase, from French.

[irmamar]

I had even thought that it could be an engagement bracelet

Thanks.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I had even thought that it could be an engagement bracelet

Edit: I just asked my other half whether she knew what a chased bracelet was. She replied it was probably some kind of chastity belt or a token of purity. I then realised she had understood chaste bracelet.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Edit: I just asked my other half whether she knew what a chased bracelet was. She replied it was probably some kind of chastity belt or a token of purity. I then realised she had understood chaste bracelet.

That's curious, because I asked this when I was studying homophones, and that's the example in my book:

'He's ever so funny, my dad. He gave her a lovely silver bracelet, one of those chased ones.'
Aland couldn't imagine how one bracelet could be more chaste than another, but he didn't ask.