Shak.
-let (-lt). [From two French dim. endings - el (L. -ellus) and -et, as
in bracelet.] A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet,
wavelet, armlet.
Let (lt), v. t. [OE. letten, AS. lettan to delay, to hinder, fr. læt
slow; akin to D. letten to hinder, G. verletzen to hurt, Icel. letja to
hold back, Goth. latjan. See Late.] To retard; to hinder; to impede; to
oppose. [Archaic]
He was so strong that no man might him let.
Chaucer.
He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.