Obs. [a. OF. chapitel (now chapiteau) ad. L. capitellum dim. of caput (or rather of capitulum): see CAPITAL sb.1] The capital of a column.
1682. Wheler, Journ. Greece, I. 59. There are few Chapitels of Pillars to be seen here.
Chapitel(e, obs. f. CHAPITLE.
