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An oillet seen from the rear

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Borrowed from French œillet, from œil (eye), from Latin oculum, accusative singular of oculus.

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oillet (plural oillets)

  1. (medieval architecture) A round hole or circle with which an opening for an arrowslit terminates.
    • 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XLI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 244:
      Entertaining myself with such reflections as these, I had walked perhaps half a league (halting from time to time to spy out both public halls and private apartments through the oillets the place provided) when I stumbled over the body of an assassin.

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