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Aiglet vs Aglet - What's the difference?

aiglet | aglet | Alternative forms |

Aglet is a alternative form of aiglet.



As nouns the difference between aiglet and aglet

is that aiglet is a tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice while aglet is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

aiglet

English

Alternative forms

* aglet * aiguillette * aygulet

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
  • An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
    • a silken Camus [...] Which all aboue besprinckled was throughout, / With golden aygulets , that glistred bright

    References

    * * Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.

    Anagrams

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    aglet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aiglet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
  • A catkin.