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Webster 1913 Edition


Chaplet

Chap′let

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
Her
chaplet
of beads and her missal.
Longfellow.
3.
(Arch.)
A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
4.
(Man.)
A chapelet. See
Chapelet
, 1.
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.
6.
A tuft of feathers on a peacock’s head.
Johnson.

Chap′let

,
Noun.
A small chapel or shrine.

Chap′let

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chapleted
.]
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
R. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chaplet

CHAPLET

,
Noun.
A pair of stirrup leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather buckle, by which they are made fast to the pommel of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the length and bearing of the rider.

Definition 2024


chaplet

chaplet

English

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

  1. A garland or circlet for the head.
  2. A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
    • Longfellow
      her chaplet of beads and her missal
  3. A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
  4. A small chapel or shrine.
  5. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
  6. Alternative form of chapelet
  7. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

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