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chapelet en · NOUN

Etymology

From French chapelet. Doublet of chaplet.

Meanings

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 hats 1906, 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.

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