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cu⋅let

  [kyoo-lit]
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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; < F (obs.), equiv. to cul bottom (< L cūlus buttocks) + -et -et
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cu·let   (kyōō'lĭt, kŭl'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. The small flat face at the bottom of a gem cut as a brilliant.

  2. Armor consisting of overlapping plates used to protect the buttocks.


[Obsolete French, diminutive of cul, rump, from Latin cūlus; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]
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