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Chape.

1. The catch or piece by which an object is attached, — to a belt, for instance; as the piece of leather known specifically as the frog, to which a bayonet-scabbard is attached, and which slides on the belt; or a piece used to fasten a buckle to a strap or other piece of leather. [527]

2. A plate on the back of a buckle, or the bar of a buckle, by which it is attached to a belt.

3. The hook of a scabbard.

4. The plate at the point of a scabbard. The tip.

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