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chapeless

chapeless adjective: without a chape.

Adjective

chapeless (not comparable)

  1. Without a chape.
    • an old rusty sword ta'en out of the town / armoury, with a broken hilt, and chapeless;c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 3, scene 2, lines 46–47

Origin of chapeless

From chape + -less. Piecewise doublet of capless and capeless.

Questions about chapeless

What does chapeless mean?
Chapeless means without a chape.
What part of speech is chapeless?
Chapeless is an adjective.

Words near chapeless in the dictionary

  1. chapelayn
  2. chapelayns
  3. Chapelcross
  4. chapeler
  5. chapelers
  6. chapeless
  7. chapelet
  8. chapelets
  9. chapelgoer
  10. chapelgoers
  11. chapelgoing

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