Definitions for annulet

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annulet an·nu·let

Spelling: [an-yuh-lit]

IPA: /ˈæn yə lɪt/

Annulet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in annulet (aelnntu).

Definitions for annulet

noun

1. Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
2. Entomology. a ring, usually colored, around or on the surface of an organ.
3. Heraldry. a ring, represented as a voided roundel, used especially as the cadence mark of a fifth son.

Origin of annulet

1565-75; Latin annul(us) ring (see annulus) + -et; replacing earlier anlet Anglo-French anelet, diminutive of Old French anel ring Latin āne

Examples for annulet

The first crosslet is charged with an annulet, probably as a mark of cadency.

Said of any charge when its central area is removed—thus, an annulet is a false roundle.

Cotgrave gives: 'Touret, the annulet, or little ring whereby a hawk's lune is fastened unto the jesses.'

The annulet seems to have been taken from the ring armour, much in use about the period of the Norman Conquest.