1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., IV. i. 83. Yellow chappels [chappeless] sculls. Ibid. (1602), Ham., V. i. 97. Chaplesse, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade.
1812. W. Tennant, Anster Fair, V. lxiv. Pale Death, the chapless and the grim.
1855. Frasers Mag., LI. 225. Nor does he recognise the chapless bones with wonderful sagacity.