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Definition of Culet
1. Noun. A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks. ¹
2. Noun. A small, flat face at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Culet
1. a piece of armor for the lower back [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Culet
Literary usage of Culet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"... culet, of the diamond, VI. 75,1 be. Culex (entomology), VI. 129, 1 b ; VIII.
49, 2 b, ff. C. pipiens and C. Americana, VI. 129, 1 b. ..."
2. A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and by Julius Wodiska (1909)
"The corner facets touching the table and the girdle, when on the crown, and the
culet and girdle, when on the pavilion, are called, respectively, ..."
3. Precious Stones; a Book of Reference for Jewellers by Wallis Richard Cattelle (1903)
"culet" is the name given to the small flat facet at the bottom, " pavilion" or "
collet- side" to the entire lower portion from the girdle to the culet, ..."
4. Diamonds and Precious Stones: Their History, Value, and Distinguishing by Harry Emanuel (1873)
"The triangular facets, on the under side from the culet to the girdle, must be
half as deep again as the upper or star facets. The thickness of the stone ..."
5. A manual of precious stones and antique gems by Hodder Michael Westropp (1874)
"Oblong; face slightly convex ; table-cut, with one facet all round; culet and
culet-side rounded, the back being barrel-shaped, with facetted ends; ..."
6. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals by Edward Henry ( Kraus, Walter Fred Hunt (1920)
"The uppermost facet T is the table, and C is the culet (Figs. 687 and 688).
Commonly there are fifty-six facets between the table and the culet. ..."
7. The Intellectual Observer (1866)
"The " table" is the flat face at the top of a brilliant; the " culet" is the
small face terminating the pyramid into which the back of the brilliant is ..."
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