‖ pendeloque
[F. pendeloque (pɑ̃dəlɔk), also pendeloche, f. pendeler to dangle.]
A pendant, of jewellery or the like, used as an ornament. spec. a gemstone esp. a diamond cut in the shape of a drop and used as a pendant. Also attrib.
| [1656 Blount Glossogr., Pendiloches (Fr.) jags, danglings, or things that hang danglingly; with Jewellers they are the lowest part of Jewels, which hang in that manner.] 1864 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. vii. (1872) VI. 214 Seven pieces of jewelry, pendeloques, &c., with price affixed. 1945, 1949 [see navette]. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High ii. 25 A pair of pendeloque-cut diamond earrings set in platinum filigree. 1959 Times 24 Feb. 18/7 A large fancy golden pendeloque diamond. 1960 H. Hayward Antique Coll. 214/2 Pendeloque, a gemstone of drop-shape, faceted and used as a pendant. 1973 Times 25 Aug. 17/2 There are nine well-recognized styles of lapidary work upon the diamond: brilliant-cut, step-cut, emerald-cut, rose-cut, marquise, briolette, baguette, cabochon and pendeloque. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 979/2 Noteworthy among the gemstones are an 86-carat pendeloque diamond, as well as large emeralds and red spinels. |