The chape or crampet of a sword (the ornament at the end of the scabbard which prevents the point from protruding) is still borne as a badge by the Earl de la Warr, a lineal descendant of the Sir Roger la Warr referred to in the above extract.
A man that wants the chapest kind o' chape labour kens he'll aye can get it in the slums; if it wasna for that, my Stand Fast Craigroyston breeks wad maybe cost 7s.
Duffy had on a surtoo coat, and looked for, a' the warld like Macmillan, the undertaker, on a chape job.
Then I'll jist hae to hae the plain, chape toffie,' says wee Maggie.
If there werena folk leevin' in slums I couldna buy chape shirts, and the celebrated Stand Fast Craigroyston serge breeks at 2s.
A note at the margin adds; "The chape is wanting, and is owed us by the Marquis of Comares, who lost it at the cane-play at Madrid.
The chape and fittings are of silver, decorated with green, blue, purple, and white enamel.
The chape and mouth are silver-gilt, profusely decorated, and the latter of these pieces is embellished with circular devices of a lightish green enamel, in addition to the chasing.
Aw miss'd t' chape trip last year," was the laconic and significant reply.
Some maintain that the intention was to combine in the flag the blue of the Chape de St Martin, the red of the oriflamme, and the white flag of the Bourbons.
The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III.
At what precise period the oriflamme, which was originally simply the banner of the abbey of St Denis, supplanted the Chape de St Martin as the sacred banner of all France is not known.
The Chape de St Martin was originally in the keeping of the monks of the abbey of Marmoutier, and the right to take this blue flag into battle with them was claimed by the counts of Anjou.
One end of the girdle being thus furnished, the other was frequently made to terminate with a metal chape to enable it to pass easily through the ring of the buckle in the process of buckling and unbuckling.
At the other end of the girdle was a metal attachment or chape which gave it consistency where it was most required.
It was probably 'the metal chape or tag fixed to the end of a girdle or strap,' viz.
The Chape de St. Martin was originally in the keeping of the monks of the Abbey of Marmoutiers, and popular belief held it to be a portion of the actual blue cloak that the legend affirms the Saint divided with the beggar suppliant.
At the earliest date of which we have record we find the kings of the Franks marshalling their forces under the plain blue flag known as the Chape de St. Martin.
Figure 2 of our fourth Plate shews an example from Wilbraham, in which the locket and chape are of bronze; and the Livonian sword, Plate V.
In the British Museum is an Anglo-Saxon blade found in a grave at Battle Edge, Oxfordshire, which retains the bronze chape and locket of its scabbard.
The Chape de Saint Martin was a banner imitating in form a cape or cloak, and was of blue.
Chape enough he got them, too, though he had to give ten shillin's a head more for them than Martin ped me.
I'll go with you now to a chape hotel, and won't charge you nothin'.
A boy gave it to me to carry to a chape hotel, so I brought it home.
They must run a chape little thing to the Dargle, about two miles away, along the roadside, just as Balfour showed them the way.
Ah, thin, just a chape deal coffin, shure--wid a few archangels on the lid.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chape" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
