The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard. / Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard).

(obsolete) Furnished with a chape or chapes.

plural of chape

(especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.

(Wales) Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.

(nautical, transitive) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

The chairperson or the senior shop steward of a trade union chapel (branch) in UK printing and journalism.

An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.

To accompany; to escort. / To mother.

A hat. / (heraldry) A cap of maintenance. / The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.