English Explanatory Dictionary

chaton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

chaton chatons

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

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