chaps
a pair of joined leather leggings, often widely flared, worn over trousers, especially by cowboys, as protection against burs, rope burns, etc., while on horseback.
Origin of chaps
1- Also called chaparajos, chaparejos.
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How to use chaps in a sentence
She unbuttoned the flap on a pocket of her chaparejos, and handed him a small parcel wrapped in sky-blue paper.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. HankinsOld Man Selden balanced his glass on one peaked knee while he reached into a pocket of his chaparejos for a plug of tobacco.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. HankinsHe took a pair of leather chaparejos from the bed, regarded them doubtfully and threw them back.
Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove RhodesWhy, a tide that washes up to a wayfarer's feet a pair o' chaparejos like that—well!
The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)Anybody must needs be a devil of a fellow who went about in "shaps," as his California cousins called chaparejos.
The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
British Dictionary definitions for chaps
/ (tʃæps, ʃæps) /
leather overalls without a seat, worn by cowboys: Also called: chaparejos, chaparajos
Origin of chaps
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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