[ 'kɒr(ə)nɪt ]
■ noun
1》 a small or simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and nobles.
↘a circular decoration for the head.
2》 a ring of bone at the base of a deer's antler.
3》 the band of tissue containing the horn-producing cells from which a horse's hoof grows.
Derivatives
~ed adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~e , dimin. of corone (see crown ).