chape

American  

[chayp] / tʃeɪp /

noun

• chapes
  plural

1. the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.

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chape British  

/ tʃeɪp /

noun

1. a metal tip or trimming for a scabbard

2. the metal tongue of a buckle

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• chapeless
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• chapes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of chape

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French: (metal) covering < Late Latin cappa; see cap ¹, cape ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

chape chapes

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 Horatio Alger

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 Joseph Furphy

"But it's chape in England at fifty dollars."

From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough

Whin I come home again, Biddy, A sargent tried and thrue, It's joost a daycent house I'll build And rint it chape to you.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell

They must run a chape little thing to the Dargle, about two miles away, along the roadside, just as Balfour showed them the way.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley

Chapter VII, 71 Leaf-shaped swords; Division of types; Absence of moulds for casting; Bronze chapes; Winged chapes; Shields; Circular bronze shields; Shield of wood; Leather Shield.

From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey

There are several examples of bronze chapes in the Royal Irish Academy’s collection, and they display a considerable variety of design.

From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey

For a pair of horses, keep the two short chapes outmost, and the loops on the middle downward.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

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