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Definition of Labret
1. n. A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages.
Definition of Labret
1. Noun. a form of body piercing in which an object is attached to the lip ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Labret
1. an ornament worn in a perforation of the lip [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Labret
Literary usage of Labret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"There is one specimen of the plug labret in the collection. ... labret of on top
of which is a small, translucent, sky-blue bead. ..."
2. Tsimshian Texts by Franz Boas (1902)
"Rotten-leathers, who had now the name labret, heard that a supernatural being
named Sleep had a beautiful wife. He desired to abduct her, ..."
3. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1891)
"The labret is three fourths of an inch in diameter, one inch in diameter at the rim
... The rim is kept inside of the mouth and holds the labret in place. ..."
4. Russian Expansion on the Pacific, 1641-1850: An Account of the Earliest and by Frank Alfred Golder (1914)
"So far as known, the Chukchi do not now wear the labret and have not ... On the
other hand, if the Chukchi never wore the labret, and the people ..."
5. Russian Expansion on the Pacific, 1641-1850: An Account of the Earliest and by Frank Alfred Golder (1914)
"So far as known, the Chukchi do not now wear the labret and have not worn it in
... On the other hand, if the Chukchi never wore the labret, and the people ..."
6. The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1921)
"It would be of ethnological interest to know why the labret fashion did not extend
east beyond Cape Bathurst. Following the tendency to seize upon ..."
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