ˈheadletObs. or dial. [f. head n.1 + -let.] A little or miniature head. 1577Harrison England iii. viii. (1878) ii. 55 The heads [of the crocus] are said to child, that is, to yeeld out of some parts of them diuerse other headlets.1847–78Halliwell, Headlets, buds of plants. West.