Coronel

A 'Coronel is the spreading head of a lance used in tillting; it's shape resembles that of a crown or coronet which is probably the source of the name. It may be used erroneously in some places as an alternate term for coronet.

(Stub reference -- is there any reference anywhere to using "coronel" to mean "coronet.?")

(Not that I can find; the shape of the iron head of the lance is somewhat coronet-like, which may have caused someone somewhere to backform the usage. AlexandreDavigne 01:37, 28 October 2006 (EST)