chapellerie (sha-pèl-rî), n.f., hat-making; hat-trade.
chapelure (sha-plur), n.f., bread; raspings; grated bread.
chaperon (sha-pron), n.m., chaperon, hood; shoulder-knot; chaperon; coping of a wall; holster-cap.
chaperonner, v.a., to cope a wall; to chaperon (a young girl); to hood (a hawk).
chapier, n.m., priest with a cope, cope-maker.
chapiteau, n.m., (arch.) capital; crest; top; (of a press, mirror, &c.); head of a still; cap (of a fusee).
chapitre, n.m., chapter (of a book, of knights, of a cathedral); chapter; chapter-house; subject, matter of discourse, head. En voilà assez sur ce —; that is quite enough on that score. Avoir voix au —; to have interest at the board. Passons sur ce —; let us waive the subject.
chapitrer, v.a., to reprimand, to rebuke, to lecture any one.
chapon, n.m., capon; sop in broth; crust of bread rubbed with garlic. Le vol du —; certain extent of ground about a country-seat. Avoir les mains faites en — rôti; to have crooked fingers; to be light-fingered. Qui — mange — lui vient; money begets money.
chaponneau, n.m., (l.u.) young capon.