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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Chaplet

· Chap·let · IPA /ˈt͡ʃæplət/
01 n. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
  1. 1.
    A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
  2. 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. 3.
    A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.(Arch.)
  4. 4.
    A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.(Man.) See: Chapelet
  5. 5.
    A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.(Founding)
  6. 6.
    A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
02 n. A small chapel or shrine.
  1. 1.
    A small chapel or shrine.
03 v. t. To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
imp. & p. p. Chapleted
  1. 1.
    To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.