Chatelaine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃætəleɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chatelaine is a noun meaning A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.
Meaning
A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.
More Meanings
- (dated) The mistress of a castle or large household.
- (historical) A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.
Example Sentences
The latest fashion is to wear watches suspended from the chatelaine. The chatelaine is short, and ornamented with charms.
Châtelaines are generally lovely things, but for our part we can never look upon them without feeling them to be more or less of a reproach to our modern want of thrift.
Cars passed her on the road; the people of the quarry town knew her and bowed to her; she was considered the chatelaine of the countryside, as her mother had been long ago.
The famous novelist was dressed in a badly fitting sleazy purple dress and a shapeless Napoleonic hat, with gloves and a long chatelaine; but the costume only heightened her air of distinction.
Word Forms
- chatelaines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lady, madam, charlady, mistress, seigneuresse, chancelloress.
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