labret

[ ley-bret ]

/ ˈleɪ brɛt /

an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.

Origin of labret

1855–60; < Latin labr(um) lip + -et

His understanding of the custom of wearing the labret, however, differs from that of other early navigators.

Alaska |Ella Higginson
One old woman still retained the labret, but it was only a shadow of the former labrets in size.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898 |Various
It is worn for ornament, the same as ear-rings or nose-rings, and is called a labret.

Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist. |E. L. Lomax
A “labret” of ivory or even of wood they valued at four or five dollars—or asked so much as that at first.

Young Alaskans in the Far North |Emerson Hough

The labret in the lower lip, or ladle, as he termed it, wore unbearably upon his fine nerves.

Alaska |Ella Higginson

labret

/ (ˈleɪbrɛt) /

a piece of bone, shell, etc; inserted into the lip as an ornament by certain peoples

C19: from Latin labrum lip