Definitions for labrets

labrets la·bret

Spelling: [ley-bret]
IPA: /ˈleɪ brɛt/

Labrets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 339 anagrams from letters in labrets (abelrst).

Definitions for labrets

noun

  1. an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.

Origin of labrets

1855-60; Latin labr(um) lip + -et

Examples for labrets

The labret in the lower lip, or ladle, as he termed it, wore unbearably upon his fine nerves.

The Haidahs formerly wore the nose- and ear-rings, or other ornaments, and the labret in the lower lip.

His understanding of the custom of wearing the labret, however, differs from that of other early navigators.

One old woman still retained the labret, but it was only a shadow of the former labrets in size.

Cook reported that both sexes wore the labret; but this was doubtless an error.

The worst adjectives he applied to the labret were "singular" and "curious."

It is worn for ornament, the same as ear-rings or nose-rings, and is called a labret.

A “labret” of ivory or even of wood they valued at four or five dollars—or asked so much as that at first.

Word Value for labrets
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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