coronet

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The back of the hand has an embroidered ducal coronet above the coat of arms of the family of the Dukes of Newcastle.

From BBC • May 1, 2023

On its bend-and-twist miles, principally between the Cahuenga and Sepulveda passes, are a coronet of houses as handsome and costly as jewels, atop slopes and canyons.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

Carroll enjoys playing the coronet and goes on limited outings a couple of times a week.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2020

Her hair, a spiky coronet, stands on end as if permanently electrified by the brain beneath.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2017

She may rely too long on Athena’s gifts— talent in handicraft and a clever mind; so cunning—history cannot show the like among the ringleted ladies of Akhaia, Mykene with her coronet, Alkmene, Tyro.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer