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chapelet

chapelet noun: 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.

Noun

chapelet (plural chapelets)

  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.
    • They were dressed as cowboys usually are, with flannel shirts, chapelets and sombrero hats1906, Edith Van Dyne [pseudonym: Lyman Frank Baum], Aunt Jane’s Nieces, Chicago, Ill.: The Reilly & Britton Co., →OCLC
  2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

Forms of chapelet

pluralchapelets
alternative formchaplet

Origin of chapelet

From French chapelet. Doublet of chaplet.

Questions about chapelet

What does chapelet mean?
Chapelet means 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.
What part of speech is chapelet?
Chapelet is a noun.
What is the plural of chapelet?
The plural of chapelet is chapelets.

Words near chapelet in the dictionary

  1. chapelayns
  2. Chapelcross
  3. chapeler
  4. chapelers
  5. chapeless
  6. chapelet
  7. chapelets
  8. chapelgoer
  9. chapelgoers
  10. chapelgoing
  11. Chapelhall

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