chaplet (CHAP-lit) noun

   1. A wreath or garland worn on the head.

   2. A string of beads.

[Middle English chapelet, wreath; from Old French, diminutive of chapel
hat, from Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa, cap.]

   "What was on Hannibal's mind as he drove his elephants over the Alps?
   Looking good, apparently, because on Hannibal's head was a wig, which
   he wore into battle to cover his lack of locks. Julius Caesar used
   his chaplet for the same purpose, the comb-over having not yet been
   discovered."
   Jack Reed, Men Want to Look Good, Too, St. Petersburg Times (Florida),
   Jan 28, 2001.

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