[f. SPIRE sb.1 + -LET.] A small spire, esp. one erected on a church tower or turret. (Freq. from c. 1850.)
1848. B. Webb, Continental Ecclesiol., 257. The tower is square, of brick, with an octagonal lantern, and above all a tall spirelet.
1867. Baring-Gould, Path Just, 120. A small religious house hard by, with a spirelet and bell to the chapel, planted in the middle of the roof.
1894. Ch. Q. Rev., April, 52. In most cases the central tower of their churches becomes a mere spirelet.
attrib. 1900. Jrnl. R. Archæol. Inst., LVII. 3. It had a plain spirelet top with a finial.
