a. Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [ R. ] “Yellow, chapless skulls.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet, Chapeau. ]
Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small chapel or shrine. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. provided with a chaplet; wearing a chaplet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy;
adv. In a hapless, unlucky manner. [ 1913 Webster ]