Definition of Chape

1. n. The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

Definition of Chape

1. Noun. (archaic) The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chape

1. a part of a scabbard [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chape

chaparejos
chaparral
chaparral broom
chaparral cock
chaparral mallow
chaparral pea
chaparral sage
chaparrals
chapati
chapatis
chapatti
chapattis
chapbook
chapbooks
chape (current term)
chapeau
chapeaus
chapeaux
chaped
chapel
chapel of ease
chapel service
chapeless
chapelgoer
chapellanies
chapellany
chapelless
chapelries
chapelry

Literary usage of Chape

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"... l«ok xii. chape. 6 and 7. and the discussion which arose on these chapters in the United Service Magazine and published pamphlets. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"DEC LAWN AMD chape. — " Л saint in crape is twice a saint ¡n lawn." Pope, Moral Essays, Ep. i. L 135. What is the meaning of this often-quoted line ? ..."

3. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"а little thin Ph.e of Silver or Iron, at the Point of a Sc:ib'jard. Church. CHAPTERHOUSE, [Centre, Г.] chape, ... of a chape! ..."

4. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris (1812)
"... chapel on the bridge, called Edward the Fourth's chape), is now used as a news-room by a society of gentlemen. ..."

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