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chapeless en · ADJ

Etymology

From chape + -less. Piecewise doublet of capless and capeless.

Meanings

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