coronelt

A Middle English form of crown. IMG:content-1337.png:[blocks in formation] For now sits Expectation in the air, And hides a sword, from hilts unto the point, With crowns imperial, crowns and coronets , Promis'd to Harry and his followers. Shak., Hen. V., ii. (cho.). 3. In modern costume, a decorative piece forming a part of a woman's head-dre , especially a plate or band, as of metal, broad in the middle and half encircling the head in front. 4+. Same as coronal, 2.-5. In entom., a circle of spines, hairs, etc., around the apex of a part, as around the end of the abdomen.-6. The lowest part of the pastern of a horse, running about the coffin and distinguished by the hair that joins and covers the upper part of the hoof. Also cornet. See cut under hoof.