Penannular

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  • adj. Forming an almost complete ring, but with a break or opening.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the form of an almost complete ring, like the so-called annular brooches.
    • Word Usage
    "The north granary had been used as a rubbish dump after its roof collapsed in around 350, and the rubbish deposits included coins dated to the 380s and two penannular (ring) brooches of a type dated to the very end of or just after the Roman period in Britain (Wilmott 2001 p.121)."
     
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