n. [ F., a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape, fr. L. cappa. See Cap. ] 1. The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chapeux [ F., fr. OF. chapel hat. See Chaplet. ] 1. A hat or covering for the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Chapeau bras ety>[ F. chapeau hat + bras arm ], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. Furnished with a chape or chapes. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St. Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called capellanus, or chaplain. See Cap, and cf. Chaplain., Chaplet. ] 1. A subordinate place of worship; as, (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial; (b) a small building attached to a church; (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses on the sides of the aisles. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) (a) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of workmen in a printing office. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chapel of ease. (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) --
Chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. --
To build a chapel (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See Chapel, v. t., 2. --
To hold a chapel, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of considering questions affecting their interests. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a chape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Chaplet. ] 1. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [ Written also chaplet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chapellanies [ Cf. E. chapellenie, LL. capellania. See Chaplain. ] A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. chapelerie. ] The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chaperon. See Chape, Cape, Cap. ] 1. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector. [ 1913 Webster ]