CORONET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coronet mean? 

• CORONET (noun)
  The noun CORONET has 2 senses:

1. a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

2. margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof

  Familiarity information: CORONET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORONET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coronet" is a kind of...):

crown; diadem (an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coronet" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Holonyms ("coronet" is a part of...):

fetter bone; pastern (the part between the fetlock and the hoof)

 Context examples 

At one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding three gems had been torn away.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We are not too well loved by the Gascons now, and it is but the golden link of your princely coronet which holds us together.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I saw plainly how you would look; and heard your impetuous republican answers, and your haughty disavowal of any necessity on your part to augment your wealth, or elevate your standing, by marrying either a purse or a coronet.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“It is no wonder that it did not wake you. This case, I presume, contains the coronet. We must have a look at it.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“But what is the good of all these vague theories,” cried the banker impatiently, “when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She told him of the coronet.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Presently she emerged from the room again, and in the light of the passage-lamp your son saw that she carried the precious coronet in her hands.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The question now was, who was the man and who was it brought him the coronet?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And that was why she shrieked and fainted when she saw the coronet,” cried Mr. Holder.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How could I help suspecting him, when I actually saw him with the coronet in his hand?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)