Culet Definition

kyo͝olĭt, kŭlĭt
noun
The small facet at the base of a gem whose face is cut as a brilliant.
Webster's New World
Armor consisting of overlapping plates used to protect the buttocks.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Culet

Noun

Singular:
culet
Plural:
culets

Origin of Culet

  • Obsolete French diminutive of cul rump from Latin cūlus (s)keu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French culet, diminutive of cul (“bottom”), itself from Latin culus (“arse”).

    From Wiktionary

Culet Sentence Examples

  • The stone's tall crown, a diminutive table, deep pavilion, thin girdle and large culet along with 58 facets give it depth.

  • The cut provides a diamond with a square-shape with an open culet (bottom) and flat table (top) like a cushion cut, and deeply trimmed corners and 54 facets like an emerald cut.

  • The effect of the step cuts and deep culet creates more fire and internal refraction than other step diamond cuts.

  • The bottom of the diamond (culet) is open.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUL

Words Ending With

TETLET

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culet

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

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