armilla
[ ahr-mil-uh ]
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By the Romans it was called armilla, brachiale, occabus; and in the middle ages bauga, armispatha.
The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla.
Unfortunately no account could be obtained of the circumstances under which the Slateford armilla was discovered.
The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland | Daniel WilsonA brass armilla tolomæi was one of the instruments supplied to Martin Frobisher in 1576, price £4, 6s.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry SmythThe procession moved slowly forward, and paused at the village of armilla, at the distance of half a league from the city.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada | Washington Irving
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