chape
/tʃeɪp
/noun
1 historical The metal point of a scabbard.The scabbard occasionally had sheets of silver or gilded bronze applied to it to protect the mouth of the scabbard and the chape....
- 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.
2The metal pin of a buckle.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
- centerboard
- center chief
- centered
- center field
- centerfold
- center ice
- centering
- centerpiece
- center-weighted metering
- centesimal
- centesimally
- centesimo
- centi-
- centigrade
- centigrade scale
- centigram
- centile
- centiliter
- centilitre
- centime
- centimeter
- centimetre
- centimetre-gram-second system
- centimo
- centimorgan