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AGLET

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ag⋅let

  [ag-lit]
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–noun
1. a metal tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
2. (in the 16th and 17th centuries) an ornament at the end of a point or other ribbon used to secure a garment.
3. aiguillette (def. 1).
Also, aiglet.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF aiguillette, equiv. to aiguille needle (see aiguille ) + -ette -et
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ag·let   (āg'lĭt)   
n.  

  1. A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon to facilitate its passing through eyelet holes.

  2. A similar device used for an ornament.


[Middle English, from Old French aguillette, diminutive of aguille, needle, from Vulgar Latin *acūcula, from Late Latin acucula, diminutive of Latin acus, needle; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]
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