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Definition of "annulet" [an•nu•let]

  • A ringlike molding around the capital of a pillar. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "annulet" in a sentence
  • "The whole surrounded by thirteen blue stars in the form of an annulet with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines."
  • "But for the badge of princehood, the fringed ribbon dependent from a gem-crusted annulet over each temple, his habiliments were the same as the Pharaoh's."
  • "Quarterly &c. an annulet on the 2nd quarter Rochford"