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table cut

noun Jewelry.
  1. a variety of step cut in which a very large table is joined to the girdle with a bevel.
  2. (formerly) a diamond cut in which the natural octahedral crystal of the diamond is used intact, the only cutting being in the formation of the table and culet.
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Origin of table cut

First recorded in 1680–90
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Historical Examples of table cut

  • In many of the Flemish pictures of the same date we find ornamental rings set with table-cut or cabochon stones.

    Jewellery

    H. Clifford Smith,

  • There are various forms of such cutting, but three are specially employed, known as the brilliant, the rose and the table-cut.