Etymology

collet

col·let
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Today it means: A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal. Full definition →

Middle French collet
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collet · noun1

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromcollet
  2. English todaycollet

From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.

Collet · proper noun2

Coll + -et. From a medieval diminutive of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.

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