chapiter(n = noun.artifact) cap, capital - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature;
is a kind of top
is a part of column, pillar
1. A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38. [1913 Webster]
2. A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called