BRILLIANT CUT


Meaning of BRILLIANT CUT in English

— brilliant-cut , adj.

Jewelry.

a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.

[ 1705-15 ]

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