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oylet

oylet is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of oylet

pluraloylets

Questions about oylet

What is oylet the alternative spelling of?
Oylet is the alternative spelling of oillet.

Words near oylet in the dictionary

  1. Oyhenart
  2. oyinbo
  3. oyinbos
  4. Oykel
  5. oyl
  6. oylet
  7. oylets
  8. oyly
  9. Oymyakon
  10. Oyne
  11. oynoun

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