CHAPLETS

Noun

chaplets

plural of chaplet

Anagrams

• Pelchats, claspeth

Source: Wiktionary

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CHAPLET

Chap"let, n. Etym: [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.)

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

4. (Man.)

Definition: A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

5. (Founding)

Definition: 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, n.

Definition: A small chapel or shrine.

Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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