Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circlet"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Circlet \Cir"clet\, n.
1. A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having
the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a
bracelet, or a headband.

Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled. --Spenser.

2. A round body; an orb. --Pope.

Fairest of stars . . . that crown'st the smiling
morn With thy bright circlet. --Milton.

3. A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. [Prov.
Eng.] --Halliwell.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

circlet
n : decorated metal band worn around the head


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