Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Heavy leather trousers without a seat, worn over ordinary trousers by ranch hands to protect their legs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviated form of
chaparejos .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See
chap . - noun plural colloq. Short for
chaparajos .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
chap . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chap . - noun
Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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He always wore a strange mixture of civilized and savage clothes – fringed buckskin "chaps," beaded moccasins, a blue flannel shirt, a scarlet silk handkerchief knotted around his throat, a wide-brimmed cowboy hat with a rattlesnake skin as a
The Shagganappi 1913
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Then his fringed buckskin "chaps" went; in their place a pair of dreadful grey cloth trousers.
The Shagganappi 1913
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Soon after, outfitted in chaps and riding gloves supplied by the concierge, I was trotting through fields of alfalfa atop a fat, spotted mare.
High Plains Drifting 2010
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The chaps from the University of Rutland at Belvoir push their glasses up their noses.
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A group of horsemen in chaps and buckskin coats thunders up atop black-and-white steeds.
Thai Noon 2008
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I think a pair of their chaps is in my future, and I expect my next wallet will be one of theirs.
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A group of horsemen in chaps and buckskin coats thunders up atop black-and-white steeds.
Thai Noon 2008
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A group of horsemen in chaps and buckskin coats thunders up atop black-and-white steeds.
Thai Noon 2008
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I am increasingly wondering if perhaps a few chaps from the army say might like to suggest to her majesty that she dispense with parliament altogether.
Religious Intolerance is a Good Thing Newmania 2007
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Yep … my hero a man who hangs over head in chaps farting on everyone!
Death pool: David Lee Roth and Joel Hollander « BuzzMachine 2006
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