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eyelet

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eyelet/ˈʌɪlət/

▶noun a small round hole in leather or cloth for threading a lace, string, or rope through.

■ a metal ring used to reinforce such a hole.

■ a small hole with stitching around its edge, used as a form of decoration in embroidery.

▶verb (eyelets, eyeleting, eyeleted) make eyelets in (fabric).

– origin ME oilet, from OFr. oillet, dimin. of oil ‘eye’, from L. oculus.

'eyelet' also found in these Oxford entries:

Derby - grommet - pointelle - stiletto

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