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olivette

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[ol-uh-vet] / ˌɒl əˈvɛt /
Also olivet

noun

Theater.

  1. a large floodlight having a single bulb.

Etymology

Origin of olivette

From French; see origin at olive, -ette

Example Sentences

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This, that he thought at the time to be an exclusively English invention, was the old Proven�al dance of the olivette.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

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