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cu·let
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lɪt
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noun
1.
Jewelry
.
a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
2.
Armor
.
a piece below the backplate, composed of lames and correspondingto the fauld in front.
Origin:
1670–80;
<
French
(obsolete), equivalent to
cul
bottom (<
Latin
cūlus
buttocks) +
-et
-et
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culet
(ˈkjuːlɪt)
—
n
1.
jewellery
the flat face at the bottom of a gem
2.
either of the plates of armour worn at the small of the back
[C17: from obsolete French, diminutive of
cul,
from Latin
cūlus
bottom]
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