Definition of chaplet

• n. - A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
• n. - A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
• n. - A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
• n. - A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
• n. - A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.
• n. - A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
• n. - A small chapel or shrine.
• v. t. - To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.