n. 1 a small crown (esp. as worn, or used as a heraldic device, by a peer or peeress). 2 a circlet of precious materials, esp. as a woman's head-dress or part of one. 3 a garland for the head. 4 the lowest part of a horse's pastern. 5 a ring of bone at the base of a deer's antler. coroneted adj.
[ OF coronet(t)e dimin. of corone CROWN ]