Comment ça s’écrit une chape ?
Le mot chape (parfois mal orthographié « chappe ») exprime la notion de « couvrir ». Nous retrouvons cette racine sémantique dans les mots suivant : chapeau, chapeauter, chapiteau, chapelle, chape de plomb, chaperonner (conduire, protéger quelqu’un), rechaper un pneu etc.
Comment savoir s’il y a une chape ?
Attention : il ne faut pas confondre chape et dalle. Une chape est un ouvrage constitué de mortier (généralement un mortier à base de ciment-sable-eau). A la différence d’une dalle qui est constituée de béton (mélange de gravier-ciment- sable-eau). La chape n’est pas structurelle.
What is the difference between chape and chape?
- Chape(noun) 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. Chape(noun) the transverse guard of a sword or dagger. Chape(noun) the metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc.
What is a chape on a sword?
- The definition of a chape is a metal piece on the tip of a sheath for a sword or dagger. An example of a chape is a piece of silver decorating the end of a sheath. YourDictionary definition and usage example.
What is a chape on a scabbard?
- With the « locket » or « throat » fitting at the top, open, end of the scabbard (9 in the diagram; confusingly, in French this is a chappe ), the chape is often the only part of a scabbard to survive in the ground for archaeologists to find. Notable scabbard chapes include the Germanic Thorsberg chape, with an inscription in runes, from about 200 AD.
What is a buckle chape?
- A buckle chape; this is the plate on the right. It connects the buckle to the (missing) strap. A buckle chape is the plate or fitting connecting some buckles to their belt or strap. ^ OED « Chape« , 2.
