chap·let /ˈʧæplət/
 花冠;念珠


 Chap·e·let n.
 1. 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. [Written also chaplet.]
 2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

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 Chap·let n.
 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.


 Chap·let, n. A small chapel or shrine.


 Chap·let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.] To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.

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 chaplet
      n : flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
          or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath, garland,
           coronal, lei]