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▪ I. eyelet, n.|ˈaɪlɪt|
Forms: 4 oilet, 5 oylette, olyet, -tte, 7 eielet, eylet, 7– eyelet.
[ME. oilet, a. Fr. œillet, dim. of œil eye: the mod. form is influenced by association with eye and -let.]
1. a. A small round hole in cloth, sail-cloth, etc., worked like a button-hole for the passage of a lace, ring, or rope; also eyelet-hole. b. A short metal tube, having its ends flattened for the same purpose.
1382Wyclif Ex. xxvi. 5 The curtyn shal haue fifti oiletis in either parti. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xv. §9 At euery Eylet the Needle left hanging by the silke. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. v. 23 Drawing a rope thorow a blocke or oylet to runne vp and down. a1764Lloyd To G. Colman, Peeping the curtains eyelet through.
transf.1805Wordsw. Prelude vii. Wks. (1888) 288/1 Winding up his mouth..into an orifice..a lurking eyelet, small and only not invisible.
2. An aperture or loophole for observation; rarely for the discharge of missiles.
c1440Promp. Parv., Olyet, hole yn in a walle. c1450Lonelich Grail xiv. 630 Forto han smeten him..Thorwh the oylettes of his helm. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxiii, A woman..with a black mask on, through the eyelets of which her eyes twinkled strangely. 1851Turner Dom. Archit. I. vii. 336 In which there are loop-holes or eylets for arrows. 1858Bushnell Nat. & Supernat. iii. (1864) 65 Eyelet of observation.
3. a. A small eye (lit. and fig.) spec. in a butterfly's wing: an ocellus; = eye n.1 12 d.
1799W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. VII. 139 With eyelets, by the fat flesh squeez'd together. 1832J. Rennie Butterfl. & M. 23 The Eyed Hawk Wings..; second pair rosy at the base, the tips much paler, with a large blue eyelet near the posterior angle. 1832T. Brown Bk. Butterfl. & M. (1834) I. 120 The wings are angular,..with large compound eyelets, reddish in the centre. 1835Tait's Mag. II. 379 Wicked eyelets, wicked mouth, Face me fairly, tell me truth! 1848Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 335 Eyelets (ocelli) two, small, black. 1876Hardy Hand Ethelb. II. xlvi. 233 They could discern eyelets of light.
†b. A small eye or bud of a plant or tree. Obs.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme vi. vi. 737 If it [the vine stock] haue put forth any eielet, you may rub it off with your finger. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 348 Shoots..full of sappe, hauing grosse and thicke-set eyelets.
4. attrib. and Comb., as eyelet-punch, eyelet-ring, etc.; spec. designating stitching or embroidery composed of eyelets giving an open-work effect (see also quot. 1909).
1864Webster, Eyelet-ring, a small ring of metal, ivory, &c. inserted in an eyelet to prevent wearing. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Eyelet-punch, a device used at the desk for attaching papers together by eyeleting. 1880Catal. Tool Wks. Sheffield 80 Best bright Eyelet Closing Pliers. 1883Harper's Mag. 813/2 It is a mere eyelet slit of a strait. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Eyelet-stitch, in sewing-machine work, the method of placing the stitches in radial lines round an eyelet-hole or over a metal reinforcing ring or eyelet. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 30 Apr. 3/4 (Advt.), Eyelet embroidery is an effective feature. 1932D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 52/1 Eyelet stitch..may be used as a background stitch. Ibid. 253/1 Eyelet or English embroidery as decoration. 1960B. Snook English Hist. Embroidery 53 Other shirts..have four-sided stitch and eyelet stitch on the front opening.
▪ II. eyelet, v.|ˈaɪlɪt|
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To make eyelets in: lit. and fig.
1832Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) II. 323 The cockneys..eyeleted the royalists at Brentford in 1642.
Hence ˈeyeleted ppl. a. ˈeyeleting vbl. n.
1874Knight Dict. Mech., Eyeleting-machine, a machine for attaching eyelets to garments and other objects. 1885Newhall in Harper's Mag. Jan. 286/2 Self-feeding eyeleting machine, foot-power. 1891Ch. Times 27 Feb. 209/3 Advt., [A card]..eyeleted for hanging up. Mod. Eyeleted luggage-labels. |
