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Definition of Chainlet
1. n. A small chain.
Definition of Chainlet
1. Noun. A small chain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chainlet
1. a small chain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chainlet
Literary usage of Chainlet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton by Logan Pearsall Smith, Henry Wotton (1907)
"... a good red chainlet - from hence might serve his turn . . . SIB, I cannot omit
the advertising of his Majesty in this postscript, that after others, ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"chainlet, little chain. "If you condemn a bow of ribbon for a lady, monsieur,
you would necessarily disapprove of a thing like this for a gentleman," ..."
3. Testamenta Eboracensia: Or, Wills Registered at York Illustrative of the by James Raine, John William Clay (1884)
"... of chainlet ; to Sir John Gilliot x s. and three ... to myne awnt, Anne Hopton,
al^ice of chainlet ; to Sir George ..."
4. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"[Having the appearance of chainlet 1 chainlet is the same as camlet, a well-known
kind of stuff. ..."
5. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1901)
"Itm. a single vestment of blew chainlet' garnished w' Ef)c ... rede chainlet w'
a chales on the bake. Itm. a single vestment of wight ..."
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