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   eyelet

   /ˈʌɪlɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a small round hole in leather or cloth for threading a lace, string, or rope through.
   • ▪ a metal ring used to reinforce an eyelet in leather or cloth.
   • ▪ a small hole ornamented with stitching around its edge, used as a form of decoration in embroidery: "the white eyelet duvet"
   • 2. a small hole or slit in a wall for looking through.

   verb

   • 1. make eyelets in (fabric): "her dress is of the whitest fabric, all eyeleted, embroidered, sashed"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishoilet, from Old French oillet, diminutive of oil ‘eye’, from Latin oculus. The change in the first syllable in the 17th century was due to association with eye.

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