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culet

 
(kyū'lĭt, kŭl'ĭt) pronunciation
n.
  1. The small flat face at the bottom of a gem cut as a brilliant.
  2. Armor consisting of overlapping plates used to protect the buttocks.

[Obsolete French, diminutive of cul, rump, from Latin cūlus.]


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