salet

English

Noun

salet (plural salets)

1. Alternative form of sallet (“helmet”)
   • 1786: Father Daniel defines a Salet to be a sort of light casque, without a crest, sometimes having a visor, and sometimes without one. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.

Anagrams

• Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla

Dutch

Alternative forms

• zalet (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French salette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈlɛt/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧let
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

salet n (plural saletten, diminutive saletje n)

1. A salon, a small room where one receives guests.
2. (obsolete) An upper-class party or similar formal meeting where one socialises; often of a type traditionally organised and attended by ladies, such as a tea party.

Derived terms

• saletjonker

Related terms

• salon
• zaal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

salet n

1. definite singular of sal

Anagrams

• laset, laste, least, lesta, letas, létas, salte, selta, stela, tasle, telas, tesla