Part 1800

<h1>Chapelet</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"e*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Chaplet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chaplet</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.</def>

<h1>Chapellany</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"el*la*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chapellanies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. E. <ets>chapellenie</ets>, LL. <ets>capellania</ets>. See Chaplain.]</ety> <def>A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.</def>

<h1>Chapelry</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"el*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>chapelerie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel.</def>

<h1>Chaperon</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"er*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chaperon</ets>. See <er>Chape</er>, <er>Cape</er>, <er>Cap</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.</def>

<blockquote>His head and face covered with a <b>chaperon</b>, out of which there are but two holes to look through. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A divice placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.</def>

<h1>Chaperon</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"er*on</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chaperoned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chaperoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chaperonner</ets>, fr. <ets>chaperon</ets>.]</ety> <def>To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.</def>

<blockquote>Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to <b>chaperon</b>, sent to excuse herself. <i>Hannah More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chaperonage</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"er*on`age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.</def>

<h1>Chapfallen</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"fall`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See <er>Chopfallen</er>.</def>

<h1>Chapiter</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"i*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>chapitel</ets>, F. <ets>chapiteau</ets>, from L. <ets>capitellum</ets>, dim. of <ets>caput</ets> head. Cf. <er>Capital</er>, <er>Chapter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A capital <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Chapital</er>.</def>

<i>Ex. xxxvi. 38.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called <altname>articles</altname>.</def>

<i>Jacob.</i>

<h1>Chaplain</h1> <Xpage=240>

<hw>Chap"lain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chapelain</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>capellanus</ets>, fr. <ets>capella</ets>. See <er>Chapel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A clergyman who is officially atteched to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>chaplain</ex> of a Masonic or a temperance lodge</as>.</def>