gallet

The definition of a gallet is a chip of a stone.

(noun)

An example of a gallet is a tiny piece of emerald.

To gallet is defined as to put tiny chips of stones into something.

(verb)

An example of to gallet is to set tiny diamonds in a ring.

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See gallet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a chip of stone

Origin: Fr galet, pebble, dim. < dial. gal, stone: see galleta

transitive verb

to embed gallets in (joints of fresh masonry)
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