A small hole or perforation, usually rimmed with metal, cord, fabric, or leather, used for fastening with a cord or hook.
A metal ring designed to reinforce such a hole; a grommet.
A small hole edged with embroidered stitches as part of a design.
A peephole.
A small eye.
[Alteration (influenced by eye) of Middle English oilet, from Old French oillet, diminutive of oil, eye, from Latin oculus; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
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