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Definition of chape in English: chapenoun tʃeɪptʃeɪp 1historical The metal point of a scabbard. Example sentencesExamples - Figures in the Bayeux tapestry dating from the 11th century show swords being worn in scabbards on belts around the waist, with a hanging strap preventing the chape from dragging on the ground.
- As it reached the chape, it was again wound tightly in several layers to protect the more regularly damaged end of the sheath.
- The scabbard occasionally had sheets of silver or gilded bronze applied to it to protect the mouth of the scabbard and the chape.
2The metal pin of a buckle. Example sentencesExamples - My husband's sword pommel glittered gold, the chapes and buckles of his belts flashed silver.
Origin Middle English (in the general sense 'plate of metal overlaying or trimming something'): from Old French, literally 'cape, hood', from late Latin cappa 'cap'. Rhymes agape, ape, cape, crape, crêpe, drape, escape, gape, grape, jape, misshape, nape, rape, scrape, shape, tape Definition of chape in US English: chapenounCHāptʃeɪp 1historical The metal point of a scabbard. Example sentencesExamples - The scabbard occasionally had sheets of silver or gilded bronze applied to it to protect the mouth of the scabbard and the chape.
- As it reached the chape, it was again wound tightly in several layers to protect the more regularly damaged end of the sheath.
- Figures in the Bayeux tapestry dating from the 11th century show swords being worn in scabbards on belts around the waist, with a hanging strap preventing the chape from dragging on the ground.
2The metal pin of a buckle. Example sentencesExamples - My husband's sword pommel glittered gold, the chapes and buckles of his belts flashed silver.
Origin Middle English (in the general sense ‘plate of metal overlaying or trimming something’): from Old French, literally ‘cape, hood’, from late Latin cappa ‘cap’. |