Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pair of stirrup-leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather buckle, by which they are made fast to the pommel of the saddle.
- noun In hydraulic engineering, a dredging or water-raising machine, consisting of a chain provided with buckets or with pallets traversing in a trough.
- noun A metallic chuck or bonnet for holding one end of a cannon in the turning-lathe.
- noun In founding, a device for holding the core of a mold in position; a grain; specifically, a mass of wrought-iron with projecting arms, used to center the core-barrel in making gun-castings, with the muzzle downward, when the Rodman method of cooling is employed.
- noun Also chaplet, chapellet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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 A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
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Examples
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And whan thei ben nyghe him, with the cros, thanne he dothe a down his galaothe, that syt upon his hede, in manere of a chapelet, that is made of gold and preciouse stone and grete perles.
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And whan thei ben nyghe him, with the cros, thanne he dothe a down his galaothe, that syt upon his hede, in manere of a chapelet, that is made of gold and preciouse stone and grete perles.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I stood trembling under the threatening sword of this barbarian; but my master, without loss of time, threw upon me a kind of chapelet [21] of incredible length; and then took up a little book, which hung by his girdle; at the same instant, the women, rushing towards me, drew me from under the hand of Nouegem, and put me under those of the enraged priest, as they all dreaded, he was to pronounce an anathema on his opponent.
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However in Austria it is more commonly a betschnur “prayer string” and in France, often a chapelet.
The Name of the Rosary elena maria vidal 2009
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However in Austria it is more commonly a betschnur “prayer string” and in France, often a chapelet.
Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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C't'ap j'avais rendez vous chez la psy alors ben j'm'y rends logique et pis dans la salle de consultation je ballarde mon sac auquel est accroché un chapelet et la le fameux chapelet se decroche et est projeté a travers la piece et manque de tuer ma psy bref un journee tout a fait Pinkuesque!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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Invocation à Saint Michel que vous pouvez dire par exemple à la fin de chaque dizaine de votre chapelet ou Rosaire facultatif
Les Anges d'un ordre plus élevé assistent les Anges gardiens de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Invocation à Saint Michel que vous pouvez dire par exemple à la fin de chaque dizaine de votre chapelet ou Rosaire facultatif
Archive 2008-08-24 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Pourtant j'etais bien parti dans l'idee d'ecrire un nouveau chapitre pour "le chapelet bleu" mais finalement la fatigue a eu raison de moi.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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Roh ben en parlant de Chapelet pourkoi je mettrais pas 'le chapelet bleu' dans la fictitious life?
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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