chaton

C3H4A1T1O1N1

noun

Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).

OriginFrench - →
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Meanings

nounchaton (plural chatons)

plural chatons

  1. Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).

    Another ring, from the same locality, with a cross of simpler form engraved on the chaton was found attached to a chain.

    2012, George Frederick Kunz, Rings for the Finger, page 257
  2. watcheschaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)

Origin

  1. French-
  2. French-
  3. Englishchaton

Borrowed from French.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chontanotcha
Cite this entry
APA

chaton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaton

MLA

“chaton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaton.

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