Obs. Also 6 formelet. [a. OF. fermillet, fermaillet, dim. of fermail FERMAIL.] An ornamental clasp, buckle, or setting.

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c. 1475.  The Romans of Partenay, 1082.

        A formelet, of gret ualure beyng,
With presious stonis gernesshed that thyng.

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1633.  J. Done, trans. Aristeas’ Hist. Septuagint, 49. Those Stones were sustayned and stayed by Buckles and Fermillets of Gold for more firmnesse.

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