Obs. Also 6 formelet. [a. OF. fermillet, fermaillet, dim. of fermail FERMAIL.] An ornamental clasp, buckle, or setting.
c. 1475. The Romans of Partenay, 1082.
A formelet, of gret ualure beyng, | |
With presious stonis gernesshed that thyng. |
1633. J. Done, trans. Aristeas Hist. Septuagint, 49. Those Stones were sustayned and stayed by Buckles and Fermillets of Gold for more firmnesse.