meaning of chaplet
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.
3. A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
4. A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
5. 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 peacocks head.
7. A small chapel or shrine.
8. To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
9. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes