chaplet

Definitions


[ˈtʃaplɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a garland or circlet for a person's head

- a string of 55 beads (one third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace

- a metal support for the core of a hollow casting mould


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French chapelet, diminutive of chapel ‘hat’, based on late Latin cappa ‘cap’




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