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English

Noun

  1. A garland or circlet for the head.
  2. A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
  3. A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.


Derived terms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chapelet \Chap"e*let\, n. [F. See Chaplet.]
1. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and
fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after
they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
[Written also chaplet.]
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2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chaplet \Chap"let\, n.
A small chapel or shrine.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chaplet \Chap"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. --R. Browning.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chaplet \Chap"let\, n. [F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat,
garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet,
Chapeau.]
1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
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2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman
Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
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Her chaplet of beads and her missal. --Longfellow.
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3. (Arch.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls,
olives, etc.
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4. (Man.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
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5. (Founding) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin
plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the
mold.
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6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. --Johnson.
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WordNet chaplet
n : flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland,
coronal, lei]
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