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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAPLET, n. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English chapelet, from Anglo-French, diminutive of chapel hat, garland, from Medieval Latin cappellus head covering, from Late Latin cappa Date: 14th century 1. a wreath to be worn on the head 2. a. a string of beads b. a part of a rosary comprising five decades 3. a small molding carved with small decorative forms • chapleted adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a garland or circlet for the head. 2 a string of 55 beads (one-third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace. 3 a bead-moulding. Derivatives: chapleted adj. Etymology: ME f. OF chapelet, ult. f. LL cappa CAP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chaplet Chap"let, n. A small chapel or shrine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chaplet Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.] To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. --R. Browning.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Garland, wreath, coronal.