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‖ jumelle, a. and n.
(dʒuːˈmɛl, Fr. ʒymɛl)
[a. F. n. and adj. fem. (masc. jumeau), doublet of gemeau, -elle:—L. gemellus, dim. of geminus twin. Formerly naturalized; now an alien French word.]
†A. adj. Twinned or paired; made or shaped in couples or pairs, double. Obs.
c1475Partenay 1182 The yates Iumelles, mighty and strong. 1484Caxton Fables of Poge v, The whiche parte was iumelle that is to wete double. 1882Cussans Hand-bk. Her. vii. (ed. 3) 116 A Gimmal or Jumelle Ring was formed of two flat hoops of gold, which fitted accurately within each other, and constituted but one ring.
B. n. Applied to something which consists of a pair of things joined.
a. A pair of opera-glasses.
b. ‘The side pieces of a loom in which the cylinders are fitted’ (Cent. Dict. 1890).
1865W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 163 My jumelles box made a pillow. |