Definitions for chaplet

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chaplet chap·let

Spelling: [chap-lit]

IPA: /ˈtʃæp lɪt/

Chaplet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in chaplet (acehlpt).

Definitions for chaplet

noun

1. a wreath or garland for the head.
2. a string of beads.
3. Roman Catholic Church. a string of beads, one-third of the length of a rosary, for counting prayers. 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.

Origin of chaplet

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

Examples for chaplet

Immediately after the battle the Thebans sent a messenger to Athens wearing a chaplet.

Adorned with a wreath, chaplet, or garland; or twisted into the form of a wreath, &c.

He twisted the chaplet so that the beads bit deeply into his fingers.

"Let's make a chaplet of flowers," Olga said, plucking a daisy.

The humming of the harps ceased and the chaplet of iron that bound her brow relaxed.

The poles were pranked with nosegays, and a chaplet was hung round the horns of every ox.

He arose, as he spoke, and reverently placed the chaplet on the head of Plato.

Even Tiberius Cæsar wore a chaplet of laurel leaves about his neck.

But for the absurdity of it, he could have woven a chaplet of them and worn it.

Did she remember that day, when she had been queen of the chaplet?