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Definition of: culet
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′lit) noun plural ·lets or ·lettes
1. The small lower terminus of a brilliant-cut gem, parallel to the table: also called collet.
2. One of the plates of armor for the lower part of the back: often used in the plural. [<OF, dim. of cul bottom <L culus a buttock]
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