English Dictionary

trinket

/ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/

noun

A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry / A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy. / (nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

She wore a beautiful trinket around her neck.

意味（1）

A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry

That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.

意味（2）

A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.

It's only a little trinket, but it reminds her of him.

意味（3）

(nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

Sayling alwayes with the sheates of mainesaile and trinket warily in our hands.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A knife; a cutting tool.

A coome is with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed : with crotchets and pins , to hang trinkets thereon