n.1 a garland or circlet for the head.
2 a string of 55 beads (one-third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace.
3 a bead-moulding.
Derivatives:
chapleted adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF chapelet, ult. f. LL cappa CAP
n.1 a garland or circlet for the head.
2 a string of 55 beads (one-third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace.
3 a bead-moulding.
Derivatives:
chapleted adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF chapelet, ult. f. LL cappa CAP
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012