chaplet
noun
[ ˈtʃaplɪt ]
• a garland or circlet for a person's head.
• a string of 55 beads (one third of the rosary number) for counting prayers, or as a necklace.
• a metal support for the core of a hollow casting mould.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French chapelet, diminutive of chapel ‘hat’, based on late Latin cappa ‘cap’.
