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

She put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his head; And gathered only primroses To scatter o'er the dead.

From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Dominick invented a novel arrangement of the chaplet, and dedicated it to the honor and glory of the Blessed Virgin, for whom he entertained a most especial veneration.

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.

You are mistaken," she said, "'Florence' has given you a chaplet you have never seen before.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence