Definition of chaplet Chaplet

chap•let

We found 16 definitions of chaplet from 6 different sources.

What does chaplet mean?

Noun
chaplet - flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
		wreath, garland, coronal, lei
		floral arrangement, flower arrangement a decorative arrangement of flowers
		crown the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

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chaplet (Noun)
A garland or circlet for the head.
chaplet (Noun)
A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
chaplet (Noun)
A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
chaplet (Noun)
A small chapel or shrine.

chaplet (n.)
A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
chaplet (n.)
A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
chaplet (n.)
A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
chaplet (n.)
A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
chaplet (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.
chaplet (n.)
A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
chaplet (n.)
A small chapel or shrine.
chaplet (v. t.)
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.

chaplet
chap′let, n. a garland or wreath for the head: a circlet of gold, &c.: a string of beads used in counting prayers, one-third of a rosary in length: anything in a string: a metal support of a cylindrical pipe.—adj. Chap′leted. [O. Fr. chapelet—chape, a head-dress.]