aiglet

English

WOTD – 30 June 2009    

Three different types of aiglets.

Alternative forms

• aglet
• aiguillette
• aygulet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aiguillette (“needle”), diminuative of aguille.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈeɪ.ɡlɛt/

Noun

aiglet (plural aiglets)

1. A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
2. An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:

     a silken Camus [...] Which all aboue besprinckled was throughout, / With golden aygulets, that glistred bright

Translations

tip on a ribbon or cord

• Dutch: malie (nl) f, nestel (nl) m
• Finnish: nauhanpää (fi)
• French: aiglet (fr) m

• Polish: aglet (pl) m
• Russian: наконечник шнурка m
• Spanish: herrete (es) m

References

• aiglet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.
• Medieval Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 0486404862

Anagrams

• gelati
• ligate

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French

Etymology

Diminutative of aguille (needle).

Alternative forms

• aiguillette

Noun

aiglet m (plural aiglets)

1. An aiglet.
2. A needle.

References

• Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.

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Anagrams

• gelait