lucet
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English lucet (“heraldic representation of a pike fish”), from Old French lucet (“small pike”), from Old French lus + -et, from Latin lucius (“pike fish”)
Noun
editlucet (plural lucets)
- A device for making braided cord.
- 1956, Country Life:
- Lucets were used for making cords.
- 1993, Sue Margeson, Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations, 1971-1978, East Anglian Archaeology, →ISBN:
- ... a narrow chain-stitch cord of the same brass-covered thread, of the simplest type made with the fingers or a lucet.
- 1998, Elaine Fuller, Kirstine Nikolajsen, Lucet Braiding: Variations on a Renaissance Cord, →ISBN:
- 2008, Shannon Okey, How to Knit in the Woods, Skipstone, →ISBN, page 98:
- Using Lucet tool or DPNs, make Lucet cord ...
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editlūcet
References
edit- “lucet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lucet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lucet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
editNoun
editlucet (plural lucets)
References
edit- “lūcet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2022-12-20.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French lus + -et, from Latin lucius (“pike fish”)
Noun
editlucet m (plural lucets)
- small pike fish.
References
edit- lucet on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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