Lexicographical Neighbors of Chapes
Literary usage of Chapes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1866)
"The loan, however, ia of small amount, has been taken for a short term, was
required for important pur- chapes, and the différence of interest is trifling ..."
2. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and by John Evans (1881)
"SCABBARDS AND chapes. ALTHOUGH the sheaths which protected the daggers and swords
described in the preceding chapters consisted probably for the most part ..."
3. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1893)
"Mr. Thomas Strong, Buckles, chapes, and Spoons, cut, W° 10 dwt Wt. 2 6 17 1768.
March 19th. ... Wt. 9 918 May 1st Mr. Hawkins, Buckles, and chapes, cut, ..."
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