The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quillet
Quillet \Quil"let\, n. [L. quidlibet what you please. Cf.
Quiddit, and Quibble.]
Subtilty; nicety; quibble. ``Nice, sharp quillets of the
law.''
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
quillet
"a quibble," obsolete, "prob. a corruption of L. quidlibet 'what you please'" [Klein].
Wiktionary
quillet
Etymology 1 n. A quibble, an evasive distinction. Etymology 2
n. (context now regional English) A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.