Definition of "wristbone" in English

noun

1. A bone in the wrist; carpal.

   • 1741, Uncredited translator, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary by Jean-Baptiste du Halde, London: Edward Cave, “The Art of Medicine among the Chinese,” p. 191, He who is to feel the Pulse, takes the left Hand of the Patient if a Man, the right Hand of a Woman. […] He begins by placing the middle Finger exactly where the Wrist-Bone locks with the Cubitus, then claps the next Fingers, one on each side.