noun
lemel
noun
1
Fine metal shavings or filings produced by filing or grinding metal.
"The jeweller swept up the lemel left over from shaping the ring."
How to Use Lemel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMetal filings — the fine dust left behind when you file or grind metal.
When to use it
Rare and mostly technical, used by jewellers and metalworkers.
Word Forms
lemels plural
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Etymology
From Middle English lymail, via Anglo-Norman limaille, ultimately from Latin limare ("to file"), the same root as "file."