Where does lucet come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

lucet

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Lucets were used for making cords."
"... a narrow chain-stitch cord of the same brass-covered thread, of the simplest type made with the fingers or a lucet."
"Using Lucet tool or DPNs, make Lucet cord ..."

From Middle English lucet (“heraldic representation of a pike fish”), from Old French lucet (“small pike”), from Old French lus + -et, from Latin lucius (“pike fish”).

lucets (plural) lucette (alternative)

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