Chape

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A metal tip or mounting on a scabbard or sheath.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
  • n. The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
  • n. The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
  • n. The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • Word Usage
    "Ireland is mentioned in the letter in this post, and note the spelling of cheap, as 'chape', which phonetically would be how cheap would sound to someone of that extraction..."
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