n. A metal tip or case serving to strengthen the end of a scabbard.n. A similar protection for the end of a strap or belt.n. In bronze-casting, the outer shell or case of the mold, sometimes consisting of a sort of composition which is applied upon the wax, and sometimes of an outer covering or jacket of plaster in which the pieces of the earthen mold are held together.n. A barrel containing another barrel which holds gun-powder.n. That part of an object by which it is attached to something else, as the sliding loop on a belt to which a bayonet-scabbard is secured, or the back-piece by which a buckle is fixed to a strap or a garment.n. The end of a bridle-rein where it is buckled to the bit.n. Among hunters, the tip of a fox's tail.To furnish with chapes.