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Webster 1913 Edition


Chainlet

Chain′let

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Noun.
A small chain.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


chainlet

chainlet

English

Noun

chainlet (plural chainlets)

  1. A small chain.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
    • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
      Her pure white dress, her fair arms and neck, the trembling chainlet of gold circling her throat, and quivering on her breast, glistened strangely amid the obscurity of the sickroom.

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