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chaps en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of chap
    form of chap

chaps en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

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Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of chap
    form of chap

chaps en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃæps/
  • /ʃæps/

Etymology

Short for American Spanish chaparreras or chaparejos. Related to chaparejos and chaparral.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
    • Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.
    • If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?
  2. (plural, plural-only) The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.
    • Mundy also points out mass of horn, scarred faces, long chaps (unless in brushy country and the thick vegetation might pull out chap hair), and scars on the sides of the ram from his long horns rubbing away the hair as good signs that you've found a respectable shooter amongst the many. 2025 August 14, Shane Jann, “Analyzing aoudads”, in Texas Outdoors, pages 32–32:

Deriveds

riding chaps · Bath chaps

Relateds

chinks · woolies

Translations (4)

fr guêtres (Protective leather leggings attached at the waist) · ru чаппарахас (Protective leather leggings attached at the waist) · nv akał bistłeeʼ (Protective leather leggings attached at the waist) · es zahones (Protective leather leggings attached at the waist)