A small boat-shaped object or structure; a diminutive form referring to something cymbal- or boat-like.
From cymb- (boat root) + -elet (French diminutive suffix). The -elet ending is used in English mainly for very small objects.
The '-elet' suffix is charmingly French—it gives words an intimate, delicate quality, which is why you see it in English words borrowed from French like 'omelet' and 'flatlet'!
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