\Chap"let\, n. [F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat,
garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See {Cap}, and cf. {Chapelet},
{Chapeau}.]
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.  --Longfellow.
3. (Arch.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls,
   olives, etc.
4. (Man.) A chapelet. See {Chapelet}, 1.
5. (Founding) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin
   plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the
   mold.
6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. --Johnson.

\Chap"let\, n.
A small chapel or shrine.

\Chap"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chapleted}.]
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. --R. Browning.