: the metal mounting or trimming of a scabbard or sheath
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The chape had a practical use — protecting the tip of a sword — but also an aesthetic and symbolic purpose, Młotek said in a March 25 interview with the Polish Press Agency.—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
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Middle English, scabbard, from Anglo-French, cape, from Late Latin cappa
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