[f. as prec. + -LET.] A little sun. Also transf. (see quot. 1880).
1840. E. Forbes, in Wilson & Geikie, Mem. (1861), ix. 257. One solitary star Shining…—for dark clouds hid Its sister sunlets.
1880. L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, IV. viii. She wore an open caul upon her head, sprinkled with beads of coral, and strung with coin-pieces called sunlets.
1904. E. Ledger, in 19th Cent., Feb., 237. Myriads of little stars, or so-called sunlets.
