culet noun¹. ['kʌlɪt] obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
[Old French cueillete from medieval Latin collecta sum collected.]
A sum collected from all those who are obliged to pay it; an assessment, a rate.

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culet noun². ['kju:lɪt] Also (earlier) collet ['kɒlɪt]. L17.
[French, dim. of cul bottom: see -ET¹.]
1. The horizontal base of a diamond, formed by the blunting of a point, when the stone is cut as a brilliant. L17.

2. A piece of armour for protecting the hinder part of the body below the waist. M19.

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