chape.
/cheyp/US // tʃeɪp //UK // (tʃeɪp) //
皲裂,坼裂,坼缝,坼墙
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
Examples
It was probably 'the metal chape or tag fixed to the end of a girdle or strap,' viz.
Ah, thin, just a chape deal coffin, shure—wid a few archangels on the lid.
They must run a chape little thing to the Dargle, about two miles away, along the roadside, just as Balfour showed them the way.
I saw a scabbard in Joló, which had a pearl as large as a musket-ball at the end of the chape.
The chape was the only protection against bad weather at a period when umbrellas and covered carriages were unknown.
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