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Meanings of chape in inglés

The metal plates or mountings of a scabbard or sheath; particularly those that cover the point.

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        Examples for "chapes"
        Examples for "chapes"
        1
        The straps and chapes are sewn on quite close to the frame, straps 10 inches long by 1 inch, chapes 4½ inches by 1 inch.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
        Usage of chape in inglés
        1
        Don't be standin' when sittin' down is chape enough, even for the poor.
        Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
        2
        Anyhow, it's clane, and it came chape enough.
        Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
        3
        A boy gave it to me to carry to a chape hotel, so I brought it home.
        Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
        4
        Troth, it's chape as dirt-soit is.
        Irish Wit and Humor / Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Lea...
        5
        This is a chape hotel, isn't it?
        Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
        6
        You shall have this tit chape.
        The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
        7
        Such a power of bir-r-ds, would knock down 'praties, in a wonderful degree, and make even butthermilk chape and plenthiful.
        Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
        8
        I think that av ye offered yersilf chape enough he might give ye a job wid a shovel on the grade.
        The Winning of Barbara Worth
        9
        The sheath was made of stiffened leather ornately worked in gold, with a gold chape at the tip and gold at the throat.
        Doom of the Dragon
        10
        A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.
        St. Martin's Summer
        11
        'Tis none av his doin's-thedhirty oil an' the chape waste an' the jacket lamps.
        The Grafters
        12
        So the three of them went round by way of the Rue Gabrielle and climbed the steps of the Rue Chape.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2
        13
        "I'll go with you now to a chape hotel, and won't charge you nothin'."
        Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
        14
        The straps and chapes are sewn on quite close to the frame, straps 10 inches long by 1 inch, chapes 4½ inches by 1 inch.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
        Chape through the time