chaped

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English chaped, equivalent to chape +‎ -ed. Piecewise doublet of caped, capped, and coped.

Adjective

chaped (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Furnished with a chape or chapes.

Etymology 2

Adjective

chaped (comparative more chaped, superlative most chaped)

1. Archaic spelling of chapped.

References

• “chaped”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Phecda

Middle English

Adjective

chaped

1. Furnished with a chape or chapes.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 365-366:

     Ful fresh and newe hir gere apyked was;
     Hir knyves were y-chaped noght with bras, [...]

     Their equipment was adorned all freshly and new;
     Their knives were not mounted with brass, [...]