annulet

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English

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Coat of arms with an annulet (sense 3) in the center.
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Particularly: "molding"

Etymology

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Latin ānnulus (small ring) + -et.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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annulet (plural annulets)

  1. A small ring.
  2. (architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
  3. (heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
  4. Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.

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References

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  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

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