1. eyelet(n = noun.artifact) eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar;
is a kind of hole
is a part of boot, curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall, garment
Derived form noun eye5
2. eyelet(n = noun.artifact) cringle, grommet, grummet, loop - fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines;
is a kind of fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
Derived form noun eye5
1. A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. [1913 Webster]
2. A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole. [1913 Webster]
eyelet, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small hole in paper, leather, cloth, etc., for string or rope etc. to pass through.
2 a metal ring reinforcement for this.
3 a small eye, esp. the ocellus on a butterfly's wing (cf. EYE n. 11a).
4 a form of decoration in embroidery.
5 a small hole for observation, shooting through, etc.
--v.tr. (eyeleted, eyeleting) provide with eyelets.
Etymology:
ME f. OF oillet dimin. of oil eye f. L oculus
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