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Definition of Briolette
1. n. An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.
Definition of Briolette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Briolette
Literary usage of Briolette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Les civilisations inconnues by Oscar Comettant (1863)
"La briolette, dit M. Halphen (une autorité qu'il faut toujours ... La briolette
a la forme d'une petite poire surchargée de facettes sur tous les sens. ..."
2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"There are several other forms of cutting, such as the " Rose," " Table," " briolette ..."
3. A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and by Julius Wodiska (1909)
"... trap or split brilliant cut, Portuguese cut, star cut, rose cut, or briolette,
step brilliant or mixed cut, table cut, and the twentieth-century cut; ..."
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