Chaplet
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
(2): (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.
(3): (n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
(4): (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
(5): (v. t.) To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
(6): (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
(7): (n.) A small chapel or shrine.
(8): (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
A certain instrument of piety made use of by the papists. It is a string of beads, by which they measure or count the number of their prayers.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(French chapelet), a string of beads, or other material, used by Romanists in counting the number of their prayers. It is more commonly called the Rosary (q.v.).
