lucet

noun

1. A device for making braided cord.

   Lucets were used for making cords.

Where it comes from

From Middle English lucet (“heraldic representation of a pike fish”), from Old French lucet (“small pike”), from Old French lus + -et, from Latin lucius (“pike fish”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lucet (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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