chape
Americannoun
noun
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a metal tip or trimming for a scabbard
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the metal tongue of a buckle
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Etymology
Origin of chape
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French: (metal) covering < Late Latin cappa; see cap 1, cape 1
Example Sentences
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We bought wan o' them chape, because he hed a sore back, fram a shearer, an' it's nat hailed up yit.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
A boy gave it to me to carry to a chape hotel, so I brought it home.
From Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton by Alger, Horatio
"I'll go with you now to a chape hotel, and won't charge you nothin'."
From Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton by Alger, Horatio
I think that av ye offered yersilf chape enough he might give ye a job wid a shovel on the grade.
From The Winning of Barbara Worth by Wright, Harold Bell
"But it's chape in England at fifty dollars."
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
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