pufflet

English

Etymology

From puff +‎ -let.

Noun

pufflet (plural pufflets)

1. Something small and puffy.

   a cheese pufflet; a pufflet of smoke

   • 1890, James Russell Lowell, The Writings of James Russell Lowell: Poems, page 104:

     That scarce discernible pufflet of smoke and dust is a revolution.

   • 2006, Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours, page 149:

     Repeat with the remaining squares and line the pufflets up on the baking sheets, spacing them about 1/2 inch apart.

   • 2014, Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, page 238:

     The sky was a turquoise blue with only pufflets of cloud; the sun lay on my neck and arms; far out, a flat sea shimmered like a blue cloth.