Definition of chaplets:
(n) :
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(n) :
A garland or circlet for the head.
(n) :
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
(n) :
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
(n) :
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(n) :
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.