watchchain

English

Etymology

From watch +‎ chain.

Noun

watchchain (plural watchchains)

  1. A chain attached to a watch (timepiece), so that the owner does not lose it.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
      So over she went and when he saw her coming she could see him take his hand out of his pocket, getting nervous, and beginning to play with his watchchain, looking up at the church.
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