CHAPLET

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.

2.
n.

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.
n.

A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.

4.
n.

A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

5.
n.

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.
n.

A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.

7.
n.

A small chapel or shrine.

8.
v.

To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.

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