An'nu-lēt, n.
n. [From Lat. annulus, ring, with a dim. termination, as in rivulet, from Lat. rivulus.]
Sense 1. A little ring.
Sense 2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, &c., used by itself, or with other moldings; it is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital; as, in the fig., called also a listel, or cincture, or a list, eyebrow, or square rabbet. Gwilt.
Sense 3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge in coats of arms; formerly reputed a mark of nobility and jurisdiction. It is also a mark of distinction, borne by the fifth brother of a family in his coat of arms. Encyc. Brit.
