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.
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Chap"let, n.
A small chapel or shrine.
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Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
R. Browning.
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