[f. prec. sb.] trans. To furnish (a scabbard, etc.) with a chape. Hence Chaped ppl. a.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 366. Hir knyues were chaped noght with bras But al with siluer wroght ful clene and weel.
1530. Palsgr., 480/2. I chape a swords or dagger. I put a chape on the shethe.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, II. (Arb.), 45. With his chaapt staf speedelye running.
1625. Markham, Souldiers Accid., 3. Strong Scabards, chapt with Iron.
