Definition for CHAP'EL-ET, or CHAP'LET

CHAP'EL-ET, or CHAP'LET, n. [Fr. chapelet.]

A pair of stirrup leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather buckle, by which they are made fast to the pommel of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the length and bearing of the rider. – Farrier's Dict.

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