Chaplet
Chaplet , noun
[French chapelet, dim. of Old French chapel hat, garland, dim. from Late Latin cappa. See Cap, and compare 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.
3.
(Architecture) 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
Chaplet , noun
A small chapel or shrine.
Chaplet , transitive verb
To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. — R. Browning