chapelet
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French chapelet. Doublet of chaplet.
Pronunciation
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chapelet, from chapel (“hat”) + -et.
Pronunciation
Noun
chapelet m (plural chapelets)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chapelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Noun
chapelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural chapelez or chapeletz, nominative singular chapelez or chapeletz, nominative plural chapelet)