Dictionary entry

Circlet

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cir″clet (?), n. 1. A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.

Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.

Spenser.

2. A round body; an orb. Pope.

Fairest of stars... that crown'st the smiling morn

With thy bright circlet.

Milton.

3. A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. Halliwell.