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chaps

Today it means: Protective leather leggings attached at the waist. Full definition →

Spanish chaparreras

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chaps · noun, verb¹

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chaps · noun²

Spanish · borrowed fromchaparreras
English todaychaps

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.