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Ring around a classical column
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annulet
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a charge in the shape of a circle; a hollow roundel [syn: roundel ] molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn: bandelet , bandelette , bandlet , square and rabbet ] a small ring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annulet \An"nu*let\, n. [Dim. of annulus.] A little ring. --Tennyson. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital. (Her.) A little circle borne ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A small ring. 2 (context architecture English) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column 3 (context heraldiccharge English) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In heraldry , an annulet (i.e. "little ring") is a common charge . It may allude to the custom of prelates to receive their investiture per baculum et annulum ('by rod and ring'), and can also be described as a roundel that has been "voided" (i.e. with ...
Usage examples of annulet.
By the annulets over his temples and the fringed ribbons pendent therefrom, the Israelite knew him to be royal.
Here were the gold mullets of the Pakingtons, the sable and ermine of the Mackworths, the scarlet bars of the Wakes, the gold and blue of the Grosvenors, the cinque-foils of the Cliftons, the annulets of the Musgraves, the silver pinions of the Beauchamps, the crosses of the Molineaux, the bloody chevron of the Woodhouses, the red and silver of the Worsleys, the swords of the Clarks, the boars'-heads of the Lucies, the crescents of the Boyntons, and the wolf and dagger of the Lipscombs.
Here were the gold mullets of the Pakingtons, the sable and ermine of the Mackworths, the scarlet bars of the Wakes, the gold and blue of the Grosvenors, the cinque-foils of the Cliftons, the annulets of the Musgraves, the silver pinions of the Beauchamps, the crosses of the Molineux the bloody chevron of the Woodhouses, the red and silver of the Worsleys, the swords of the Clarks, the boars'-heads of the Lucies, the crescents of the Boyntons, and the wolf and dagger of the Lipscombs.