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circlet
[ sur-klit ]
noun
- a small circle.
- a ring.
- a ring-shaped ornament, especially for the head.
circlet
/ ˈsɜːklɪt /
noun
- a small circle or ring, esp a circular ornament worn on the head
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of circlet1
Example Sentences
I did not answer, but took the circlet from his hands, and placing it in the safe shut the massive steel door.
Her long black hair was bound above her forehead with a circlet of turquoises, and the ends, curled about her glittering girdle.
But her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet.
The prescient Bishop, however, had provided fresh robes, and a circlet of gold was made to do duty for a crown.
She was bareheaded, wore mannish gloves, and sported large circlet earrings.
In his hand he carried a short staff, or baton, with gold knobs, and he wore a thin golden circlet in his hair.
"How lovely" cried Helen glancing at the circlet of gold on her wrist.
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