chaplet

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

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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