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Collet

noun

A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting. Synonym: ferrule.

A cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe. Synonym: collet chuck.

A band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting.

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"Collet" Quotes from Famous Books

... perils and uncertainties of land-ownership in such times! In 1808, Orry de Sainte-Marie, having by that time become a justice of the peace at Anizy, and doubtless a fervent Imperialist, sold the chateau to M. Collet, Director of the Mint at Paris. From him it passed by sale, in 1824, to M. Senneville, and in 1841 to ...

— France and the Republic - A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces - During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 • William Henry Hurlbert

... collet; Je congnois le moyne a la gonne; Je congnois le maistre au valet: Je congnois au voyle la nonne; Je congnois quand pipeur jargonne; Je congnois folz nourriz de cresme; Je congnois le vin a la tonne: Je ...

— French Lyrics • Arthur Graves Canfield

... see the evidence," answered Everard; and, resuming the ring, he pressed a spring ingeniously contrived in the collet of the setting, on which the stone flew back, and showed within it the cipher of Lord Wilmot beautifully engraved in miniature, with a coronet.—"What say ...

— Woodstock; or, The Cavalier • Sir Walter Scott

... Prince of Wales, Mary-le-bone Street, London. Besides those who held Royal appointments, there were other manufacturers of decorative furniture—Thomas Johnson, Copeland, Robert Davy, a French carver named Nicholas Collet, who settled ...

— Illustrated History of Furniture - From the Earliest to the Present Time • Frederick Litchfield

Words linked to "Collet" : mounting, cap, collet chuck, ferrule, band, chuck