Middle English Dictionary Entry
chāped ppl.
Entry Info
Forms | chāped ppl. |
Etymology | From chāpe n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mounted; trimmed.
Associated quotations
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.366 : Hir knyues were chaped noght with bras, But al with siluer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1832 : 'I schal gif yow my girdel'..Gered hit watz with grene sylke, & with golde schaped, Noȝt bot arounde brayden, beten with fyngrez.
Note: Supplementary material.
Note: New form: Also schaped.--per MLL