'Chaps' definitions:
Definition of 'Chaps'
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- Chaps \Chaps\, n. pl. The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open your chaps again." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chaps'
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- Chaps \Chaps\, n. pl. Short for Chaparajos. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'chaps'
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- Chaparajos \Cha`pa*ra"jos\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.] Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'chaps'
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- Flews \Flews\, n. pl. The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chaps'
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