Chaplet /(?)/

1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.

   Her chaplet of beads and her missal.

3. A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc. (Arch.)
4. A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1. (Man.)
5. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold. (Founding)
6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

1. A small chapel or shrine.

imp. & p. p. Chapleted

1. To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.