bladelet

or blade·lette

[ bleyd-lit ]

noun

1. a small, blade-shaped, sometimes retouched piece of stone used as the cutting edge of a weapon or tool by late Stone Age peoples.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bladelet¹

First recorded in 1855–60; blade + -let

Example Sentences

Rather, it subsequently occurred after their initial dispersals, coinciding with the development of bladelet technology in the Early Upper Paleolithic.

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