Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ringlet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ringlet \Ring"let\, n. [Ring + -let.]
1. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
You demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green
sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites.
--Shak.
2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
[Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ringlet
n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn:
{coil}, {whorl}, {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {gyre}, {scroll}]
2: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: {lock}, {curl}, {whorl}]
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