circlet

[ sur-klit ]

/ ˈsɜr klɪt /

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noun

a small circle.

a ring.

a ring-shaped ornament, especially for the head.

Nearby words

circle of least confusion, circle of willis, circle time, circle-in, circle-out, circlet, circleville, circlip, circlorama, circs, circuit

Origin of circlet

1475–85; circle + -et; replacing late Middle English serclett < Middle French

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Examples from the Web for circlet

I did not answer, but took the circlet from his hands, and placing it in the safe shut the massive steel door.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The circlet was beautiful in itself, and astonishingly heavy.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
A circlet of gold coins bound her brow, shining in bright relief against the luxuriant masses of chestnut hair.
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton|Wardon Allan Curtis
Other Royal coronets have the circlet heightened with four crosses pate, and as many strawberry leaves.
The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell

The scholar screwed up his eyes to see the rhyme traced within the circlet.
Captain Ravenshaw|Robert Neilson Stephens
A handkerchief or strip of cloth was twisted round his left ankle; on which the circlet had chafed a sore.
For the Term of His Natural Life|Marcus Clarke

British Dictionary definitions for circlet

circlet

/ (ˈsɜːklɪt) /

noun

a small circle or ring, esp a circular ornament worn on the head

Word Origin for circlet

C15: from Old French cerclet a little circle

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