chaplet

[chap-lit]

noun

1. a wreath or garland for the head.

2. a string of beads.

3. Roman Catholic Church.

   1. a string of beads, one-third of the length of a rosary, for counting prayers.

   2. the prayers recited over this.

4. Architecture.,  a small molding carved to resemble a string of beads; astragal.

5. Metallurgy.,  an object for separating the core of a mold from a wall, composed of the same metal as the casting and forming an integral part of it.

chaplet

/ ˈtʃæplɪt /

noun

1. an ornamental wreath of flowers, beads, etc, worn on the head

2. a string of beads or something similar

3. RC Church

   1. a string of prayer beads constituting one third of the rosary

   2. the prayers counted on this string

4. a narrow convex moulding in the form of a string of beads; astragal

5. a metal support for the core in a casting mould, esp for the core of a cylindrical pipe

Other Word Forms

• chapleted adjective
• unchapleted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaplet¹

1325–75; Middle English chapelet wreath < Old French. See chapeau, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaplet¹

C14: from Old French chapelet garland of roses, from chapel hat; see _chapeau

Example Sentences

The diners themselves were wearing chaplets of flowers and graceful draperies.

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ABOVE: The chaplets on the clock combined warming copper and silver.

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On her head was a chaplet woven of clover.

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Sometimes the lord himself set forth such arms in a formal grant, as when the baron of Greystock grants to Adam of Blencowe a shield in which his own three chaplets are charges.

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They may also have forecast the time when California with her girdles of gold and chaplets of freedom would spring, Athena-like, from the Zeus brain of American enterprise.

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