navette

American  

[na-vet, na-vet] / næˈvɛt, naˈvɛt /

noun

Jewelry.

navettes plural

1. a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• navettes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of navette

1905–10; < French: weaver's shuttle; literally, little ship. See nave, -ette

Example Sentences

Round stones, if their angles are correct, are more brilliant than stones of other contour such as square or cushion shape, or navette or heart shape.

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram

He had been living at Petit Val throughout the whole campaign, and was still there looking after our interests, faisant la navette between Petit Val, Paris, and Versailles at his will.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)