Associations to the word «Chapes»

CHAPÉ, noun. (heraldry) A division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.

CHAPE, noun. (archaic) The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

CHAPE, noun. (archaic) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.

CHAPE, noun. (archaic) The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard.