chaplet

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chaplet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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     2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
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  Chaplet \Chap"let\, n.
     A small chapel or shrine.
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  Chaplet \Chap"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]
     To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. --R. Browning.
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  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.
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     2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman
        Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
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              Her chaplet of beads and her missal.  --Longfellow.
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     3. (Arch.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls,
        olives, etc.
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     4. (Man.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
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     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.
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     6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. --Johnson.
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chaplet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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