coronet (ˈkɒrənɪt
)
Definitions
noun
- any small crown, esp one worn by princes or peers as a mark of rank
- a woman's jewelled circlet for the head
- the margin between the skin of a horse's pastern and the horn of the hoof
- the knob at the base of a deer's antler
- heraldry a support for a crest shaped like a crown
Word Origin
C15: from Old French coronete a little crown, from coronecrownUsage examples
And there, like a coronet , still recognisable after fifty-two years, were woven sprigs of lavender.
, WHITE LIES (2003)Ambolene suffered a small lesion to the outside near hind coronet.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)Evening dress: red, light blue collar, white facings, silver buttons with M and coronet
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Law and bad jokes till we are forty, and then, with the most brilliant success, the prospect of gout and a coronet.
, DISRAELI: A Personal History (2004)