pointel

or poin·tal

[ poin-tl ]

noun

1. a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pointel¹

1250–1300; Middle English: stylus, pencil, pointed instrument < Old French: point of a spear ( French pointeau ); cognate with Italian puntello, diminutive of punto point; -elle

Example Sentences

In the case of a wine-glass, an assistant boy gathers a small quantity of glass on the end of a small pointel, or solid iron rod.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon the plain wall, “a palm with pointel in fingers” is seen writing.

From Project Gutenberg

The circular crown table thus made is detached from the pointel, and the mass of glass which caused it to adhere forms what is known by the name of the bull's eye.

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