chapelet
English
Alternative forms
- chaplet
Etymology
French. See chaplet.
Noun
chapelet (plural chapelets)
- A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
- A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chapelet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From Old French chapelet, from chapel (“hat”) + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.plɛ/
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Noun
chapelet m (plural chapelets)
- (obsolete) wreath (of flowers)
- rosary, beads
- (figuratively) string, hatful (of objects, ideas etc.)
Derived terms
- chapelet thaï
Further reading
- “chapelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
chapel + -et
Noun
chapelet m (oblique plural chapelez or chapeletz, nominative singular chapelez or chapeletz, nominative plural chapelet)
- small hat
Descendants
- French: chapelet
- → English: chapelet
- → Middle English: chapelet
- English: chaplet