annulet

English
Coat of arms with an annulet (sense 3) in the center.

Etymology

Latin ānnulus (“small ring”).

Noun

annulet (plural annulets)

  1. A small ring.
  2. (architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
  3. (heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
  4. Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.

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References
  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

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