chaplet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
    coronal; lei; wreath; garland.

WordNet

Chap"let noun
Etymology
F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet, Chapeau.
Definitions
  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.
Chap"let noun
Definitions
  1. A small chapel or shrine.
Chap"let transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Chapleted
Definitions
  1. To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.

Webster 1913