ablet|ˈæblɪt|Also ablette, ablen.[a.Fr.ablette ‘a little blay or bleak’Cotgr.,dim.of able:—late L. abula for albuladim.of alba white.]‘A name given in some parts of England to the Bleak, a small fresh-water fish, Leuciscus alburnus.’ Ash 1775, Craig 1847.1885Encycl.Brit.XVIII. 448/2Spheres of thin glass are filled with a preparation known as ‘essence d'orient’, made from the silvery scales of the bleak or ‘ablette’.1936Russell & YongeSeas (ed.2) xvi. 351On the Continent the little fresh-water ‘ablette’ is the main source of pearl essence.