: the metal mounting or trimming of a scabbard or sheath
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The chape will join a collection at the Museum in Ostróda and is the fifth of its kind to be found from the Middle Ages, officials told the Polish Press Agency.—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025 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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Etymology
Middle English, scabbard, from Anglo-French, cape, from Late Latin cappa
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