chapé

See also: chape and chapè

English

Gules chapé argent, arms of Villebazy (Aude, France).

Noun

chapé

(heraldry) A division of the field, used in French heraldry, created by drawing two lines from the centre of the upper edge of the shield towards the outer bottom edges (creating a triangle), with the tincture being applied to the two upper portions which the triangle divides.

Antonyms

chaussé

Anagrams

Peach, Pecha, cheap, peach

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French échapper (“to escape”), compare Haitian Creole chape.

Verb

chapé

to escape

Alternative forms

chappé

References

Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Norman

Alternative forms

capé (continental Normandy)
chape (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Noun

chapé m (plural chapieaux)

(Jersey, Guernsey) hat

Derived terms

Chapé (“Helmet of Orion”)
chapé du pot à thée (“tea-cosy”)
chapé gorneux (“floppy hat”)
chap'lée (“hatful”)

Spanish

Verb

chapé

first-person singular preterite indicative of chapar

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