chaps.
Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
Meaning & usage
Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?
Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.
The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.
Where this word comes from
Short for American Spanish chaparreras or chaparejos. Related to chaparejos and chaparral.
plural of chap
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
third-person singular simple present indicative of chap
Where this word comes from
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