Meanings
chaps1
- pluralplural of chap
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of chap
chaps2
- pluralplural onlyProtective leather leggings attached at the waist.
Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.
1 more example
If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?
- pluralplural onlyThe 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 28, Shane Jann, “Analyzing aoudads”, in Texas Outdoors, pages 32–32
CHAPS3
- UKabbreviationacronymAcronym of clearing house automated payment system, a method of same-day banking transfer.
Chaps4
- pluralplural of Chap
Origin
chaps · noun, verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →chaps · noun
- Spanishchaparreras
- Englishchaps
Short for American Spanish chaparreras or chaparejos. Related to chaparejos and chaparral.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French guêtres
- guêtresProtective leather leggings attached at the waist
Russian чаппарахас
- чаппарахас (čapparaxas)Protective leather leggings attached at the waist
Spanish zahones
- zahonesProtective leather leggings attached at the waist
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chaps
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Cite this entry
chaps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaps
“chaps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaps. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaps,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaps.
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