The blade is 33 in. long, of triangular section, etched, gilt and blued at the hilt. The scabbard is covered with black sole-skin, with a gilt locket and chape; the locket inscribed BLAND AND FOSTER, SWORD CUTLERS[…]
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Chape
//t͡ʃeɪp//
Synonyms for "chape"
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- обков noun (metal cap of a scabbard)
Finnish
1 entries- kenkäin noun (metal cap of a scabbard)
Icelandic
1 entries- döggskór noun (metal cap of a scabbard)
Portuguese
1 entries- ponteira noun (metal cap of a scabbard)
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Sword and scabbard fittings comprise the sword pommel, the chape at the end of the scabbard, the sword guard at the top of the blade, the sword slide and its accompanying reverse fitting (the latter being sometimes referred to as a girdle-clasp) that were normally bound into the scabbard[…]
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The scabbard ended in a chape, which took two forms: sometimes it terminated in a ball, and sometimes in a crescent or fish-tail.
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[…] the swords nevertheless do not lack the chape, the small leather piece that overlaps the crossguard in a semi-circle over the base of the blade and that is often referred to as a rain guard.
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