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oillets

oillets is the plural of oillet.

Meaning of oillet

Noun

oillet (plural oillets)

  1. (medieval architecture) A round hole or circle with which an opening for an arrowslit terminates.
    • Entertaining myself with such reflections as these, I had walked perhaps half a league (halting from time to time to spy out both public halls and private apartments through the oillets the place provided) when I stumbled over the body of an assassin.1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XLI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 244

Questions about oillets

What is oillets the plural of?
Oillets is the plural of oillet.

Words near oillets in the dictionary

  1. oilionaires
  2. oilish
  3. oilless
  4. oillessness
  5. oillet
  6. oillets
  7. oillike
  8. oilman
  9. oilmen
  10. oilmonger
  11. oilmongers

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