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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1893

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CHAIPEL, n. Sc. form of Eng. chapel. Known to Bnff.2, Abd.19, Ags.2, Fif.10, Lnk.3 and Kcb. correspondents (1939). [tʃepl]Sc. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv.:
He was in a crunkle o' green brae, a wee below the chaipel.

[O.Sc. chapele, a.1400, chaippell, 1553–1554, a chapel (D.O.S.T.).]

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