fleuret (floret)

[ The fruit [is to be) spread on sawdust, and so arranged that the fleurets , or blo om ends, may look downwards. Alcott , Tablets, p. 22. The shape of the fleurets of the obverse [of a coin] had been borrowed from the linga pattern. Numis. Chron., 3d ser., I. 345. 2. A light foil used in fencing-schools; hence, by extension, the small-sword or modern dueling-sword. fleuron (F. pron. flé-rôn'), n. [F., a flower, jewel, gem, floral shape. Same as flittermouse .