Usually means: Small hole for laces, threads.
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  1. eyelet: Merriam-Webster
  2. eyelet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eyelet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eyelet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eyelet: Vocabulary.com
  6. Eyelet, eyelet: Wordnik
  7. eyelet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. eyelet: Wiktionary
  9. eyelet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. eyelet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. eyelet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Eyelet, eyelet: Dictionary.com
  13. eyelet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Eyelet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Eyelet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. eyelet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. eyelet: Rhymezone
  18. Eyelet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. eyelet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. eyelet: FreeDictionary.org
  21. eyelet: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. eyelet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. eyelet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. eyelet: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. eyelet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

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  1. eyelet: Encyclopedia

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  1. eyelet: Medical dictionary

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  1. eyelet: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Eyelet: Bicycle Glossary

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  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. Embroidery Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
noun:  A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching a hole in the page, placing the smooth side of the eyelet on a table, positioning the paper over protruding edge and curling the edge down using a hammer and eyelet setter.
noun:  Cotton fabric with small holes.
noun:  The contact tip of the base of a light bulb.
noun:  A peephole.
noun:  A little eye.
verb:  (transitive) To make eyelets in.

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