a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
cylinder seal in American English
noun
a small carved cylinder used esp. by the ancient Mesopotamians to impress a design in wet clay
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, lineup, reactor, retread, sensitization