Definition of "kneelet" in English

noun

1. A band or piece of jewellery worn around the knee.

   • 1991, Petru Popescu, Amazon Beaming, New York: Viking, “The Vanishing Tribe,” Chapter 4, p. 35, His calves bulged from ligatures of palm fiber tied under his knees, the same type of kneelets Columbus had reported after his first voyage to the New World.