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Webster 1913 Edition
Aiglet
{
Ag′let
(ăg′lĕt)
, Aig′let
(āg′lĕt)
, } Noun.
[F.
aiguillette
point, tagged point, dim. of aiguilee
needle, fr. LL. acucula
for acicula
, dim. of L. acus
needle, pin; cf. OF. agleter
to hook on. See Acute
, and cf. Aiguillette
.] 1.
A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images.
Hence, “aglet baby” (
Shak.
), an aglet
image.2.
(Haberdashery)
A round white staylace.
Beck.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aiglet
A'IGLET
,Noun.
1.
A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal.2.
In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flowers, as in the rose and tulip.Definition 2024
aiglet
aiglet
English
Three different types of aiglets.
Alternative forms
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
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.