culet (plural culets)
(historical) A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
• Clute, lucet
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
