coronet
冕下,冠冕堂皇,冠冕,冕冠
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Definitions
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- : a small crown.
- : a crown worn by nobles or peers.
- : a crownlike ornament for the head, as of gold or jewels.
- : an ornament, more or less pedimental in form, situated over a door or window.
- : the lowest part of the pastern of a horse or other hoofed animal, just above the hoof.
- : Also called crest coronet. Heraldry. a crownlike support for a crest, used in place of a torse.
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Examples
In “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,” a banker is nearly deceived by his own niece to the tune of £50,000 and his good name.
For all my posing I made straight As, had a mouth full of braces, and played the coronet and the flugelhorn in the school band.
For the third time she watched a coronet slip through her strong determined impotent fingers.
She was quite still while he arranged her coronet, looking up in his face with loving eyes, with a peaceful composure.
The bride's wreath is a Christian substitute for the gilt coronet all Jewish brides wore.
I see through it all, Julian Home; you would gladly get rid of me, that Violet may wear a coronet.
A grand barouche and pair dashes up to your door, probably with a ducal coronet on the panels.