aiglet
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French aiguillette (“needle”), diminutive of aguille.
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Pronunciation
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Noun
aiglet (plural aiglets)
- 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.
- 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
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
Translations
tip on a ribbon or cord
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References
- “aiglet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.
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French
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Noun
aiglet m (plural aiglets)
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