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# chaplet

«chaplet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a wreath or circle worn on the head, made of flowers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (chaplet, chaplets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A chaplet is a wreath or circle worn on the head, made of flowers, leaves or stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaplet/#m1)

2) (old use) A chaplet is a string of beads or pearls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaplet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a crown of stars or a string of pearls given as a gift or a prize

### examples

- She wore a chaplet of flowers in her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaplet/#x1)
- He held a chaplet of stars and turned to the girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaplet/#x2)
- The wise woman gave her a chaplet of a hundred pearls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaplet/#x3)

### note

a chaplet does not change a count; if a question says a chaplet of 100 pearls, there are 100 pearls on the string

### In the corpora

- [For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.8/)
- [She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.99/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chaplet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaplet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.