Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - eyelet
Eyelet
eyelet
n. & v. --n. 1 a small hole in paper, leather, cloth, etc., for string or rope etc. to pass through. 2 a metal ring reinforcement for this. 3 a small eye, esp. the ocellus on a butterfly's wing (cf. EYE n. 11a). 4 a form of decoration in embroidery. 5 a small hole for observation, shooting through, etc. --v.tr. (eyeleted, eyeleting) provide with eyelets. Etymology: ME f. OF oillet dimin. of oil eye f. L oculus
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noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English oilet, from Anglo-French oillet, diminutive of oil eye, from Latin oculus Date: 14th century 1. a small hole designed to receive a cord or used for decoration (as in embroidery), a small typically metal ring to reinforce an ~ ; grommet, peephole, loophole ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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