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Chape
Chape has had various meanings in English, but the predominant one is a protective fitting at the bottom of a scabbard or sheath for a sword or dagger (10 in the diagram).〔OED "Chape", 2. "Chape", 1, described as obselete, is "A plate of metal with which anything is covered, overlaid or ornamented."〕 Historic blade weapons often had leather scabbards with metal fittings at either end, sometimes decorated.〔Oakeshott, pp. 239–245; Kavar, pp. 265–271〕 These are generally either in some sort of U shape, protecting the edges only, or a pocket shape covering the sides of the scabbard as well. The reinforced end of a single-piece metal scabbard can also be called the chape. It is not to be confused with the "chappe" or rain-guard on the sword itself, a fitting at the top of the blade in late medieval weapons, just below the crossguard of the hilt. The chappe fitted outside the scabbard, presumably helping to hold the sword snugly and preventing rain coming in (four in the diagram). This would typically have been of leather, though everything about these is uncertain as no original examples have survived, and they are mainly known from art. Another meaning for chape sometimes found is the plate or fitting connecting some buckles to their belt or strap.〔OED "Chape", 4.〕
==Etymology==
The word derives from the Latin "cappa", meaning hood or cape,〔OED "Chape"〕 or tip or head.
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