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chapelets

chapelets is the plural of chapelet.

Meaning of chapelet

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.

Questions about chapelets

What is chapelets the plural of?
Chapelets is the plural of chapelet.

Words near chapelets in the dictionary

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

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