/
ˈkɒr(ə)nɪt/
n.
- a small or simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and nobles.
▸a circular decoration for the head.
- a ring of bone at the base of a deer's antler.
- the band of tissue containing the horn-producing cells from which a horse's hoof grows.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. coronete, dimin. of corone (see crown).