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annulet

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an⋅nu⋅let

[an-yuh-lit]
–noun
1. Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
2. Entomology. a ring, usually colored, around or on the surface of an organ.
3. Heraldry. a ring, represented as a voided roundel, used esp. as the cadence mark of a fifth son.

Origin:
1565–75; < L annul(us) ring (see annulus ) + -et; r. earlier anlet < AF anelet, dim. of OF anel ring < L ānellus ring
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an·nu·let   (ān'yə-lĭt)   
n.  A ringlike molding around the capital of a pillar.

[Latin ānulus, ring; see annulus + -et.]
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