annulet

American  

[an-yuh-lit] / ˈæn jə lɪt /

noun

1. Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.

2. Entomology. a ring, usually colored, around or on the surface of an organ.

3. Heraldry. a ring, represented as a voided roundel, used especially as the cadence mark of a fifth son.

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annulet British  

/ ˈænjʊlɪt /

noun

1. architect a moulding in the form of a ring, as at the top of a column adjoining the capital

2. heraldry a ring-shaped device on a shield; hollow roundel

3. a little ring

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Etymology

Origin of annulet

1565–75; < Latin annul ( us ) ring ( see annulus) + -et; replacing earlier anlet < Anglo-French anelet, diminutive of Old French anel ring < Latin ānellus ring

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Example Sentences

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annulet

The Pakingtons of Worcester quarter Ermine on a fesse componé or, and az. an annulet for Arden.

From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

Thomas le Scrope, on the other hand, for Cadency marks the golden bend upon his azure Shield, No. 111, with an annulet sable, as in No. 353.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

Thus, the eldest son bears a label; the second a crescent; the third a mullet; the fourth a martlet; the fifth an annulet; and the sixth a fleur-de-lis.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Per fesse indented quarterly or and sable, in each quarter an annulet counterchanged.

From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

But for the badge of princehood, the fringed ribbon dependent from a gem-crusted annulet over each temple, his habiliments were the same as the Pharaoh's.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Elizabeth Miller

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