View synonyms for eyelet

eyelet

[ ahy-lit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a small hole, usually round and finished along the edge, as in cloth or leather for the passage of a lace or cord or as in embroidery for ornamental effect.
a lightweight fabric pierced by small holes finished with stitching and often laid out in flowerlike designs.
a metal ring for lining a small hole; grommet.
an eyehole in a wall, mask, etc.
Also oylet. (in medieval architecture) a small aperture in a wall used as a window or loophole.
a small eye.

, eye·let·ed or eye·let·ted, eye·let·ing or eye·let·ting.

eyelet

/ ˈaɪlɪt /

a small hole for a lace or cord to be passed through or for a hook to be inserted into
a small metal ring or tube with flared ends bent back, reinforcing an eyehole in fabric
a chink or small opening, such as a peephole in a wall
embroidery
1. a small hole with finely stitched edges, forming part of an ornamental pattern
2. Also calledeyelet embroidery a piece of embroidery decorated with such work
fabric decorated with such work produced by machine
a small eye or eyelike marking

Origin of eyelet¹

1350–1400; Middle English oillet < Old French oillet, equivalent to oill eye (< Latin oculus; ocular ) + -et -et; influenced by eye

Origin of eyelet¹

C14: from Old French oillet, literally: a little eye, from oill eye, from Latin oculus eye; see eye ¹

During the ceremony, she was surrounded by 15 towheaded flower girls, each in a white eyelet dress and flower crown.

Presently he was rewarded by finding a small eyelet hole in the side of the mattress.

There was a little eyelet, a square hole with a flap buttoned down over it, on a level with their heads.

Doolga wrung Silka's hand, that she still clutched, as they knelt side by side on the sheepskin looking through the eyelet.

Eyelet-hole: Holes in a sail through which a lacing is passed or reef nettles rove.

And he crushed one between his fingers, and put the other into the eyelet of his boot to strangle it.

Browse