Definition of "chappe"

[…] part of the cross-guard. Often these chappes - a word, incidentally, that means “capes” - were decorated in needlework with the arms or device of the owner.

1997, R. Ewart Oakeshott, A Knight and His Weapons, page 82

From the chappe to three fourths the length of the blade runs a pronounced center ridge.

2013 August 6, J. Bernhardt, The Watchers: End of Paradise, Author House, page 139

[…] with no passion for warfare, perhaps it was a little incongruous that I had been crafting swords since I was a boy. […] The design of the grip was particularly important to me, as was finding an appropriate jewel for the pommel, and I signed each of my creations with the symbol of the pyramid on the chappe, an autograph to mark the sword as one of my own.

2020 August 11, John Boyne, A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom: A Novel, Hogarth

In everyday situations, swords were worn with or carried in a scabbard. […] Until about 1310, no metal fitting was put at the top, only a chappe at the point end to prevent it from wearing away, but after this date there was always […]

1997, R. Ewart Oakeshott, A Knight and His Weapons

The chappe helped prevent the scabbard's end from being worn down and kept the sword's tip from poking through. The chappe originally meant a flap extension of the grip itself.

1998 November 1, John Clements, Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods And Techniques, Paladin Press