eyelet

UK: /ˈaɪlɪt/ US: /ˈaɪlɪt/ ,(ī′lit)

Inflections of 'eyelet' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

eyelets

v 3rd person singular

eyeleting

v pres p

eyeletting

v pres p (Rare)

eyeleted

v past

eyeletted

v past (Rare)

eyeleted

v past p

eyeletted

v past p (Rare)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

eye•let /ˈaɪlɪt/   n. [countable]

1. Clothing a small hole for a cord or lace to pass through.
2. a metal ring for lining a small hole;
   grommet.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

eye•let  (ī′lit), n., v., -let•ed or -let•ted, -let•ing or -let•ting. 
n. 

1. Clothing a small hole, usually round and finished along the edge, as in cloth or leather for the passage of a lace or cord or as in embroidery for ornamental effect.
2. Textiles a lightweight fabric pierced by small holes finished with stitching and often laid out in flowerlike designs.
3. a metal ring for lining a small hole;
   grommet.
4. an eyehole in a wall, mask, etc.
5. Architecture Also, oillet, oyelet, oylet. (in medieval architecture) a small aperture in a wall used as a window or loophole.
6. a small eye.

v.t. 

7. to make an eyelet in.
8. to insert metal eyelets in.

• Latin oculus; see ocular) + -et -et; influenced by eye
• Old French oillet, equivalent. to oill eye (
• Middle English oillet 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

eyelet / ˈaɪlɪt/ noun

1. a small hole for a lace or cord to be passed through or for a hook to be inserted into
2. a small metal ring or tube with flared ends bent back, reinforcing an eyehole in fabric
3. a chink or small opening, such as a peephole in a wall
4. a small hole with finely stitched edges, forming part of an ornamental pattern
5. a small eye or eyelike marking

verb

1. (transitive) to supply with an eyelet or eyelets

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French oillet, literally: a little eye, from oill eye, from Latin oculus eye; see eye¹