skill facet

noun

: one of the narrow triangular facets that abut in pairs on the girdle of a brilliant at the corners of the stone

Word History

Etymology

so called from the skill required in placing such a facet correctly

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Rhymes for skill facet

• basset
• dacite
• tacit