chape

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'Tis none av his doin's--the dhirty oil an' the chape waste an' the jacket lamps.

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  1. noun A metal tip or mounting on a scabbard or sheath.

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  • Holy Mary, Mother of God, immaculate Virgin, Star of the Sea, Enclosed Garden Hortus Conclusus , deign to cast a favouring eye on my little business at the corner of Rue Tire-chape and Rue Quincampoix! —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Napoleon the Little, by Victor Hugo
  • Holy Mary, Mother of God, immaculate Virgin, Star of the Sea, Enclosed Garden, Hortus Conclusus_, deign to cast a favouring eye on my little business at the corner of Rue Tire-chape and Rue Quincampoix! —  Napoleon the Little
  • Weel, away he trots to the Castle, to tell his story, and there he is introduced to Sir John, sitting in his father's chair, in deep mourning, with weepers and hanging cravat, and a small walking rapier by his side, instead of the auld broadsword, that had a hundred-weight of steel about it, what with blade, chape, and basket-hilt. —  The Haunters ; The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural
  • She spun the yarn for the linen that made their own shirts and sheeting, bought an odd pound of wool-now and then when she could get it chape, and put it past till she had a stone or so; she would then sit down and spin it--get it wove and dressed; and before one would know anything about it she'd have the making of a dacent comfortable coat for Tom, and a bit of heather-colored drugget for her own gown, along with a piece of striped red and blue for a petticoat--all at very little cost It wasn't so with Larry. —  The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
  • My maxim always is--to buy dear and sell chape, for the sake o' the fair sect. —  The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, hood, head covering, from Late Latin cappa, hooded cloak.

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  1. from Middle English chape, sheath of a sword, etc., from Old French chape, a catch, hook, chape, cope, assibilated form of capc, later English cape and cope, q. v.
  2. from Middle English chapen; from the noun.
 

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