n.
- The small flat face at the bottom of a gem cut as a brilliant.
- Armor consisting of overlapping plates used to protect the buttocks.
[Obsolete French, diminutive of cul, rump, from Latin cūlus.]
culet
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cu·let (kyū'lĭt, kŭl'ĭt) 
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