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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chaplet \Chap"let\, n. A small chapel or shrine. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chaplet \Chap"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chapleted}.] To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. --R. Browning. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chaplet n : a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: {wreath}, {garland}, {coronal}, {lei}]
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