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.
Derivatives:
coroneted adj.
Etymology: OF coronet(t)e dimin. of corone CROWN