watchchain

English

Alternative forms

• watch chain

Etymology

From watch +‎ chain.

Noun

watchchain (plural watchchains)

1. A securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.
   • 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.