A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting.
A cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe.
The rim of a ring within which a jewel is set.
1The neck, or collet, of the button is japanned after being stamped and cut.
2Collet knew the opportunity for a stealth approach had long since passed.
3Lieutenant Collet, you will wait for me to arrive before taking action.
4Another agent waved Collet back over in the direction of the fence.
5The ladder was an antique tapered design and narrowed as Collet ascended.
6Collet ran to the door, trying to see out into the darkness.
7Now Collet had failed, and Fache was pacing like a caged lion.
8From the anxious look on the agent's face, Collet could only guess.
9Collet had been trying to reach Sophie now for several minutes.
10Collet now understood why the banker had hung up so quickly.
11Stowing his weapon, Fache exited the rest room and radioed Collet.
12Collet grabbed it and made the awkward transition onto the platform.
13Collet aimed the binoculars up the hill and adjusted the image intensifier dials.
14All evening, Collet had sensed an atypical intensity in his captain.
15Hillo, here comes old Monsieur Collet with his cargo of ginger-beer.
16Like Richard Hendricks, Yann Collet is what you might call a data-compression genius.