Noun: tercelet
| Sg. | tercelet |
| Pl. | tercelettes |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Tho dwelte a tercelet / me faſte by /That semed welle / of alle gentilleſſe (There flew a tercelet close by me / which seemed full of graciousness.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Squiers Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 135, recto:]
Nouns inflected like tercelet
ketil-hat,
tercelet,
cresset,
crochet,
gauntelet,
launcet,
popet,
cat,
pot,
wit,
roget,
halibut,
hastelet,
mawmet,
basket,
buffet,
cornet,
tablet,
fret,
gnat, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tercelet; equivalent to tercel + -et.
Verbs referencing "tercelet"
English Nouns
tercelet.
Translations