- halo brace
- noun see halo I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
halo brace
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halo — I. noun (plural halos or haloes) Etymology: Latin halos, from Greek halōs threshing floor, disk, halo Date: 1603 1. a circle of light appearing to surround the sun or moon and resulting from refraction or reflection of light by ice particles in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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