different between aiglet vs riglet

English

Alternative forms

• aglet
• aiguillette, aygulet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aiguillette (“needle”), diminutive of aguille.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?e?.?l?t/

Noun

aiglet (plural aiglets)

1. 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.
2. 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

Translations

References

• aiglet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Medieval Costume and Fashion, by Herbert Norris, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, p. 365.

Anagrams

• gelati, ligate

French

Alternative forms

• aiguillette

Etymology

aiguille +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?l?/

Noun

aiglet m (plural aiglets)

1. aiglet
2. needle

Anagrams

• gelait

English

Noun

riglet (plural riglets)

1. (typography) Alternative form of reglet

Anagrams

• regilt