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chaton

The English word “chaton” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
  2. chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

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