lemnisc

And now after all this, might one conjecture by a mere inspection of those several sculps, statues, and medals yet exstant, representing the heads of emperors, poets, &c. the wreaths and coronets seem to be compos’d of a more flexible and compliant species than the common bay, and more applicable to the brows, except where the ends and stalks of the tender branch were tyed together with a _lemnisc_ or ribbon.

Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663