aiglet

English
WOTD – 30 June 2009
Three different types of aiglets.

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /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

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.

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

aiguille +‎ -et.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡlɛ/

Noun

aiglet m (plural aiglets)

  1. aiglet
  2. needle

Anagrams
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