brilliant cut
noun Jewelry.
a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
Origin of brilliant cut
First recorded in 1705–15
OTHER WORDS FROM brilliant cut
bril·liant-cut, adjectiveWords nearby brilliant cut
brillat-savarin,
brilliance,
brilliancy,
brilliant,
brilliant cresyl blue,
brilliant cut,
brilliant green,
brilliantine,
brillo,
brim,
brimful