encirclet

English

Etymology

From encircle +‎ -let.

Noun

encirclet (plural encirclets)

1. (obsolete) A small circle; a ringlet.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     So that therein appears some blood,
     Like wine and milk that mingled stood,
     In whose encirclets if ye gaze,
     Your eyes may tread a lover's maze

References

• “encirclet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.