[syn: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet]
3. a small ring;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Annulet \An"nu*let\, n. [Dim. of annulus.]
1. A little ring. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc.,
used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used,
several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a
surface or round an organ.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
annulet
n 1: (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle; "a hollow
roundel" [syn: annulet, roundel]
2: molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn:
annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and
rabbet]
3: a small ring