Circlet Definition

sûrklĭt
circlets
noun
A small circle, especially a circular ornament.
American Heritage
A ring or circular band worn as an ornament.
Webster's New World

A crown without arches or a covering.

Wiktionary

A round body; an orb.

Wiktionary

(UK, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.

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Other Word Forms of Circlet

Noun

Singular:
circlet
Plural:
circlets

Origin of Circlet

  • Middle English cerclet from Old French diminutive of cercle circle circle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French cerclet, diminutive of cercle.

    From Wiktionary

Circlet Sentence Examples

  • The crown is so small, the diameter being only 6 in., and the circlet only 22 in.

  • In general it rather resembles a closed crown, consisting of a circlet from which rise two arches intersecting each other at right angles.

  • Circlet and arches are richly chased and jewelled; they are filled out by a cap of stiff material, often red velvet, ornamented with pictures in embroidery or appliqué metal.

  • It is a band of iron, enclosed in a circlet formed of six plates of gold, hinged one to the other, and richly jewelled and enamelled.

  • The proboscis bears at its extremity a circlet of smaller oral tentacles.

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Words Starting With

CCICIR

Words Ending With

TETLET

Unscrambles

circlet

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CI & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With ET

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With T