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Webster 1913 Edition
Chaplet
Chap′let
,Noun.
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.
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.
Definition 2024
chaplet
chaplet
English
Noun
chaplet (plural chaplets)
- A garland or circlet for the head.
- A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
- Longfellow
- her chaplet of beads and her missal
- Longfellow
- A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
- A small chapel or shrine.
- A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- Alternative form of chapelet
- A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Derived terms
Translations
A garland or circlet for the head
A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary
A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding