/an"yeuh lit/ , n.
1. Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet . Archit. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
2. Entomol. a ring, usually colored, around or on the surface of an organ.
3. Heraldry. a ring, represented as a voided roundel, used esp. as the cadence mark of a fifth son.
[ 1565-75; annul ( us ) ring (see ANNULUS) + -ET; r. earlier anlet anelet, dim. of OF anel ring anellus ring ]