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spirelet

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Etymology

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From spire +‎ -let.

Noun

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spirelet (plural spirelets)

  1. (architecture) A small or slender spire.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 160:
      West Quantoxhead, 1½ miles to the south-west, has some handsome houses and an imposing mansion, St Audries - now a girls' school - built in the Tudor style in the 19th century, at the same time as the pinkish-buff stone Church of St Ethelreda - also called St Audrey - which has an elegant tapering spirelet.

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