I. |kȯrə|net, |kär-, usu -ed.+V; esp Brit ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_nə̇t noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French coronette, from Old French coronete, from corone crown + -ete -ette
1.
a. : a small or lesser crown usually signifying a high rank below that of a sovereign
b. : crown
2. : something resembling or suggesting a coronet: as
a. : an ornamental wreath, circlet, or band for the head usually for wear by women on formal occasions
b. : a small structure resembling a crown:
(1) : the lower part of a horse's pastern where the horn terminates in skin
(2) : the burr of an antler
(3) : a terminal circle of small spines or hairs (as on the genitalia of certain arthropods)
3. : a card sequence in some card games (as vint) consisting of three or more cards in any suit or three or four aces held in one hand
4. : a white band in the habit of certain Catholic sisterhoods that encircles the face and to which a black veil is pinned
II. transitive verb
( coroneted or coronetted ; coroneted or coronetted ; coroneting or coronetting ; coronets )
: to provide with a coronet:
a. : to raise to a rank or position that warrants the wearing of a coronet ; especially : to raise to such a rank in an official ceremony
the coroneting of a May queen
b. : to decorate or adorn with a coronet
a heraldic shield bearing a coroneted miter
plain and coroneted designs — Charles Hasler