a garland or wreath to be worn on the head.-a string of beads, or part of a string, used by roman catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.-a small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.-a chapelet. see chapelet, 1.-a bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.-a tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.-a small chapel or shrine.-to adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.