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annulet
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 as a charge.
(Zo["o]l.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
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.
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
Wikipedia
Annulet can refer to:
- Annulet (heraldry), a mark in distinction
- Annulet (architecture), a fillet or ring encircling a column
- The Annulet, Charissa obscurata, a species of moth in the family Geometridae
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 its centre cut out). In English and Canadian heraldry it is also used as the difference mark of a fifth son.
Category:Heraldic charges
Annulets, in architecture, are small square components in the Doric capital, under the quarter-round. They are also called fillets or listels.
An annulet is also a narrow flat moulding, common in other parts of a column, viz. the bases, etc., as well as the capital. It is so called, because it encompasses the column round. In this sense, annulet is frequently used for baguette or little astragal.
Image:Hammond-Harwood House annulet HABS MD,2-ANNA,18-27.jpg|Carved wood annulet
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.