in the manege, a couple of stirrup-leathers, mounted each of them with a stirrup, and joined atop in a sort of leather buckle, called the head of the chapelet, by which they were made fast to the pommel of the saddle, after being adjusted to the rider's length and bore. They are used both to avoid the trouble of taking up or letting down the stirrups every time that a gentleman mounts on a different horse and saddle, and to supply the place of the academy saddles, which have no stirrups to them.

CHAPPELLE, CLAUDIUS EMANUEL LUILIER, the natural son of Francis Luillier, took the name of Chapelle from a village between Paris and St Denis, where he was born. He distinguished himself by writing small pieces of poetry, in which he discovered great delicacy.