bangle

noun

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

   “Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.”

2. (dialectal)The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
2. (dialectal, obsolete)to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).

   “Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].”

   “If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.”

3. (intransitive)(falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
4. (intransitive)to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.