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chappe

[ shap ]

/ ʃæp /

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Origin of chappe

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby chappe

Chaplinesque, chapman, Chapman Stick, chappal, Chappaquiddick incident, chappe, Chappell, chappie, chaps, Chap Stick, chaptalization

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How to use chappe in a sentence

M. Chappe, the inventor of the semaphore, tried about the year 1790 to introduce a synchronous electric telegraph, and failed.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
This gave 64 different signs, but was defective in the same point as that of Chappe.
Historic Oddities|Sabine Baring-Gould
Observer, after an interval of ten minutes: Are you ready, Chappe?
Metapsychical Phenomena|J. Maxwell
It was as though Chappe had indeed something to say and meant to say it.
Metapsychical Phenomena|J. Maxwell

Chappe washed his hands, so to say, of Robert and his doings.
Metapsychical Phenomena|J. Maxwell