/bree'euh let"/ ; Fr. /brddee aw let"/ , n. , pl. briolettes /-lets"/ ; Fr. /-let"/ .
any pear-shaped gem having its entire surface cut with triangular facets.
[ 1860-65; brillant diamond) of brignolette lit., little dried plum (facetious coinage), equiv. to brignole (after Brignoles in Provence, where the plums are dried) + -ette -ETTE ]