chaplet
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She wore a pearl chaplet, a red bhakku over a white silk gown, and high-heeled shoes for the occasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
A five-year-old girl, Gudrun Diem, dressed in a light blue frock and wearing a flower chaplet in her hair, stepped forward, said, “Heil, mein Fuhrer!” and presented him with a small, delicate bouquet of flowers.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The king wore a black velvet jerkin, and a cap of crimson velvet, ornamented with a chaplet of pearls.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
On her head was a chaplet woven of clover.
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
