chapeless
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chapeless (not comparable)
- Without a chape.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 3, scene 2, lines 46–47:
- an old rusty sword ta'en out of the town / armoury, with a broken hilt, and chapeless;