Obs. rare. [Cf. OF. chafault, SCAFFOLD.] ? A scaffold, platform, elevated stage. (Cf. CHASELETTE.)
1470–85. Malory, Arthur (1817), II. 436. Kynge Arthur dremed a wonderful dreme, & that was this, that hym semed he satte vpon a chaflet in a chayer, and the chayer was fast to a whele.
