Chape

Quick meaning: Chape is a noun meaning The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.

Meaning

The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.

More Meanings

1. The tip of a fox's tail.
2. Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard).
3. (archaic) 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.

Example Sentences

At the end of each point a buckle is attached by means of a leather chape, and it is to these buckles that the two […]

The scabbard ended in a chape, which took two forms: sometimes it terminated in a ball, and sometimes in a crescent or fish-tail.

SABRE-BELT, ( black buff-leather.) — Length 36 to 40 inches, width 1.9 inch; 2 leather chapes sewed on the outside of the belt for attaching 2 brass loops […]

[…] the swords nevertheless do not lack the chape, the small leather piece that overlaps the crossguard in a semi-circle over the base of the blade and that is often referred to as a rain guard.

Word Forms

• chapes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chappe, chapeau, chapelet, boterol, scabbard, chaplet.

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