"chaton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chatons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:-|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "French", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "chaton", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="chaton"> Borrowed from French. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaton (plural chatons)
  1. Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
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  2. (watches) 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)
    Sense id: en-chaton-en-noun-EfsoYu4J

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