单词 | chaplet |
释义 | chapletn. 1. a. A wreath for the head, usually a garland of flowers or leaves, also of gold, precious stones, etc.; a circlet, coronal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the head > [noun] > coronet or circlet mindOE crownOE diademc1290 coronalc1330 circlea1340 garland?a1366 coronaclea1400 crowneta1425 crownalc1443 chapleta1464 circlet1481 cronet1519 cronicle1569 graundcie1592 anadem1598 coronet1599 carcanet1602 frontlet1610 circuita1616 rosary1651 tiar1660 tiara1718 ferronière1831 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 117 Þei sette on his hed but a chapelet, þat þey schuld do no prejudise to the cherch of Cauntirbyry, to whom longith to crowne þe kyng. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccix. 192 Men set vpon hir hedes chappeletz of sharpe netteles. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 546 Ane rose of his chaplet [1489 Adv. chaplete] Wes faldyn. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 227 The mayden..hadde on hir heede a riche chapelet of precious stones. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. F2v This Damosell..in a scarlet peticoate, with a chaplet of flowers on her head. 1691 J. Swift Ode to Athenian Society ii, in Suppl. Fifth Vol. Athenian Gaz. 2 Pluckt a Laurel branch..And made an Humble Chaplet for the King. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 100. ⁋3 Crowned with Chaplets of Roses. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Monody Death Chatterton (rev. ed.) in Poems Var. Subj. 9 Poor Chatterton! farewell! of darkest hues This chaplet cast I on thy unshap'd tomb. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 318 The Spartans gave him a chaplet of olive leaves. 1868 W. B. Marriott Vestiarium Christianum Introd. 42 St. Peter holds in his hands the chaplet which designates his martyrdom. b. Heraldry. A bearing representing a garland of leaves with four flowers at equal distances. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [noun] > chaplet chaplet1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 63/2 A Chaplet..is..4 Roses set upon a Chaplet, or Circle for the head. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiv. 168 A chaplet of rue in bend vert. 2. A string of beads. a. esp. One used for counting prayers, one third of the length of a rosary. Also, the prayers recited over this.A rosary has 15 decades of aves, a chaplet 5. Littré. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > rosary > [noun] > one-third of chaplet1653 society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > prayers > with use of chaplet chaplet1876 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > using the rosary > using chaplet chaplet1876 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xxvi. 102 An old woman..with a Chaplet hanging down on her neck. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Orientals have a kind of Chapelets..which they use in their Prayers. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. vi. 14 The chaplet's last beads fall In naming the last saintship. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxiv. 362 Parties would meet in the cabins to recite the chaplet in alternate choirs. b. gen. A string of beads; a necklace. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > necklace or collar wreathOE chain1397 collarc1400 sarpe1429 carket15.. baldric1530 carcanetc1530 necklace1530 carcan1539 caskanet1607 necklet1641 lunula1719 throatlet1844 chapletc1850 dog collar1855 necklace-collar1859 mala1872 choker1928 c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 591 Hanging a large necklace, or chaplet round his neck. 3. Anything resembling a string of beads; e.g. the string of eggs of the toad. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [noun] > anything resembling a string of beads chaplet1774 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 40 The eggs of female butterflies are disposed in the body like a bed of chaplets. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 105/2 The eggs..are gradually ejected in double chaplets as in the toad. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. vi. 210 Certain male toads take the chaplets of eggs from the females and wind them round their own thighs. 4. Architecture. A moulding of the astragal species. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings bowtell1376 crownwork1594 protypum1601 chaplet1623 bandeleta1645 bedding-moulding1664 quadra1664 surbase1678 platband1696 bed-moulding1703 eyebrow1703 square1703 gorge1706 nerve1728 heel1734 quirk-moulding1776 star1781 bead1799 rope moulding1813 zigzag1814 chevron-moulding1815 nebule1823 billet1835 dancette1838 pellet moulding1838 vignette moulding1842 bird's beak moulding1845 beak-head ornament1848 beak-head1849 billet moulding1851 beading1858 bead-work1881 Venetian dentil1892 chevron-work- 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Pref. 4 Artificiall marble..whereof so many goodly chaplets and pillars were made in our Churches. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Chaplet, in Architecture, is a little Ornament cut or carv'd into round Beads, Pearls, Olives, and Pater-Nosters; as is frequently done in Baguettes. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 928 at Baguette The baguette is called a chaplet when ornaments are cut on it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > gridiron roasting-ironc1350 roast-iron1354 brandiron1381 gridiron1382 broiler1393 griddlea1425 branderc1450 grate-iron1577 chaplet1664 grill1685 grid1875 parrilla1964 parrillada1975 robata1975 charbroiler1982 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 25 The best Tables in France and Italy make them a service, eating them with Salt, in Wine, being first rosted on the Chapplet [1776 Chaplet]. 6. Founding. One of the metal supports of the core of a hollow moulding. e.g. of a cylindrical pipe. Hence chaplet-block n. ΚΠ 1885 Pattern Making (Crosby Lockwood) 192 In nearly all large hollow machine castings chaplets furnish the chief support to the cores. In their rudest form they are simply thin plates of hoop iron, into which a bit of wrought bar of the necessary length is riveted, the opposite end of the bar being steadied against a bar of the box, or a cubical wooden chaplet block embedded in the sand. These chaplets..prevent the liquid pressure of the metal from thrusting the core against the side of the mould. 7. See chapelet n.2 Compounds chaplet-cap n. ΚΠ 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. v. 65 The imposition of a Chaplet cap with a circulet of gold. chaplet-maker n. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 113 The Chaplet-makers in Egypt..sow and plant [Persoluta] in their gardens onely for to make Coronets and Guirlands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1464 |
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