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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.

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