▪ I. † chapitel Obs.
[a. OF. chapitel (now chapiteau) ad. L. capitellum dim. of caput (or rather of capitulum): see capital n.1]
The capital of a column.
| 1682 Wheler Journ. Greece i. 59 There are few Chapitels of Pillars to be seen. |
▪ II. chapitel(e
obs. f. chapitle.