Definitions for eyelet

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eyelet eye·let

Spelling: [ahy-lit]

IPA: /ˈaɪ lɪt/

Eyelet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in eyelet (eeelty).

Definitions for eyelet

noun

1. a small hole, usually round and finished along the edge, as in cloth or leather for the passage of a lace or cord or as in embroidery for ornamental effect.
2. a lightweight fabric pierced by small holes finished with stitching and often laid out in flowerlike designs.
3. a metal ring for lining a small hole; grommet.
4. an eyehole in a wall, mask, etc.
5. Also, oillet, oyelet, oylet. (in medieval architecture) a small aperture in a wall used as a window or loophole.
6. a small eye.

verb (used with object)

1. to make an eyelet in.
2. to insert metal eyelets in.

Origin of eyelet

1350-1400; Middle English oillet Old French oillet, equivalent to oill eye (Latin oculus; see ocular) + -et -et; influenced by Examples for eyelet

Sometimes you might like to make an eyelet to represent a grape.

The eyelet suddenly splits into an outlet, and the jilted maiden, cast off by her sisters, collapses upon the floor.

Fig. 110 shows the rope passed around and whipped to an eyelet.

It's not like eyelet or French, but sort of between the two, and grand for centerpieces.

Make two eyelet holes in the back of this, and insert a draw-string.

I saw that there was an eyelet on the wire into which the hook could be inserted to make a loop.

His appetite fell off and his belt hooked in the fourth eyelet.

In the eyelet and tape class there are holes in the back of the cover.

It should be fastened at the back, with hooks and eyelet holes.

The eyelet holes were next worked, and the method is shown in the diagram.