fermillet

English

Etymology

From Old French fermeillet, diminutive of fermeil, fermail (“clasp”), probably from Old French fermer (“to make fast”) (> French fermer (“to make fast”)), from ferme (“fast”). See firm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mɪlət/

Noun

fermillet (plural fermillets)

(obsolete) A buckle or clasp.
- a. 1631, John Donne
  Those stones were sustained or stayed by buckles and fermillets of gold for more firmness.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fermillet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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