Middle English Dictionary Entry
chaple n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chaple n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A clash of arms, a fierce battle.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)134 : Thei leyde honde to swerdes, and be-gan the chaple so stronge.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)326 : The cristin hem enchased and driven in a-monge hem..ther be-gan the chaplee so mortall that neuer was sein more mortalite.