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† ˈchaple Obs.
Also chaplee.
[a. OF. chaple violent stroke, shock of combat, f. chapler to cut in pieces, to fight fiercely (mod.F. chapeler to hack, cut clumsily):—late L. capulāre to cut (very common in Salic and Burgundian Laws), app. f. capulus, capulum, handle, hilt of a sword, f. capĕre to take hold of.]
A fierce combat or encounter.
c1450Merlin 134 Whan the speres were broken thei leyde honde to swerdes, and be-gan the chaple so stronge and dured longe tyme. Ibid. 326 Ther be-gan the chaplee so mortall that neuer was sein more mortalite. |