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emerald cut

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noun

Jewelry.
  1. a type of step cut, used especially on emeralds and diamonds, in which the girdle has the form of a square or rectangle with truncated corners.


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The photo, taken earlier this month, also features her wedding band, her five carat emerald cut diamond engagement ring, and a gold ring composed of circular plaques on her little finger.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2025

The 17th-century emerald cut with gold and enamel appears, as Mr. Sharp said, to be “the pot into which the brush was dipped to paint every other object.”

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2018

In memory of Harry’s mother, the bride was wearing an emerald cut aquamarine ring once owned by Diana, Princess of Wales.

From The Guardian May 20, 2018

Styles are shifting: the pear shape and emerald cut are fading in popularity, but sales of the marquise and brilliant cut are sparkling.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon one polished forearm a bracelet was pressed, a gaud formed from one immense emerald cut in a fashion that forced one to doubt the existence of such a cutter in mortal form.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

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