chaped

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chape +‎ -ed

Adjective[edit]

chaped (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Furnished with a chape or chapes.
  2. Archaic spelling of chapped.

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Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

chaped

  1. Furnished with a chape or chapes.
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 365-366:
      Ful fresh and newe hir gere apyked was;
      Hir knyves were y-chaped noght with bras,
      [...]
      Their equipment was adorned all freshly and new;
      Their knives were not mounted with brass, [...]