Oil″let (?), n. [See Eyelet.] (Arch.) (a) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications. (b) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture. [Written also oylet.]
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.