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gallet

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gal⋅let

[gal-it] Masonry.
–noun
1. spall (def. 1).
–verb (used with object)
2. to fill (a mortar joint) with gallets.
Also, galet, garret.


Origin:
1705–15; < F galet pebble, OF galet, jalet, deriv. of ONF gal pebble (said to be < Celtic, but MIr gall “pillar stone, standing stone” is only point of comparison)
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