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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.

A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. Chapeau bras ( Etym: [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…

Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

Without a chape.

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.]

A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel.

A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

A chapel for dissenters. [Eng.]

The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller.

The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster. [Written also kepellmeister.]

A chapel or altar so endowed. Cowell.

An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.

The possession or revenue of a chapel. Johnson.

A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also crampit and crampette.]