[ches-uh-peek] 
| 1. | (italics ) a U.S. frigate boarded in 1807 by the British, who removed part of its crew and impressed some members into British service: captured by the British in naval battle near Boston in 1813. |
| 2. | a city in SE Virginia. 114,486. |
| Ches·a·peake (chěs'ə-pēk') An independent city of southeast Virginia south of Norfolk. Its vast area includes residential communities, farmland, and a section of the Dismal Swamp. Population: 221,000. |