Circlet vs Strap - What's the difference?
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A small circle.
A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head
A crown without arches or a covering.
* Spenser
A round body; an orb.
* Milton
(UK, dialect) A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table.
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=7 A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
* (rfdate) Addison:
Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
# (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
# (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
(botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
(botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
(slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
To fasten or bind with a strap.
To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
Circlet is a related term of strap.
As nouns the difference between circlet and strap
is that circlet is a small circle while strap is a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.As a verb strap is
to beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.circlet
English
(wikipedia circlet)Noun
(en noun)- Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled.
- (Alexander Pope)
- Fairest of stars that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet .
- (Halliwell)
strap
English
(wikipedia strap)Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.}}
- A lively cobbler that had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap .