Chaplet

Definition of Chaplet

Chap´let

n.	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.
	1.	A small chapel or shrine.
v. t.	1.	To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]

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