Word Meaning

chaplet definition and meaning

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