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navette

[na-vet; French na-vet]
noun, plural na·vettes [na-vets; French na-vet] /næˈvɛts; French naˈvɛt/. Jewelry.
  1. a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
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Origin of navette

1905–10; < French: weaver's shuttle; literally, little ship. See nave, -ette
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Examples from the Web for navette

Historical Examples of navette

  • Many of the best-known collections contain examples of these "nef" or "navette" pendants.

    Jewellery

    H. Clifford Smith,

  • One, a man named Navette, pleaded that he could not have plotted in prison where he had only spent four days.

    The Gods are Athirst

    Anatole France

  • The “marquise” or “navette” form is an elliptical brilliant of varying width in proportion to its length.