'Shaps' definitions:
- Shaps \Shaps\ (sh[a^]ps), n. pl. [Shortened fr. chaparajos. Cf.
Chaps.]
Chaparajos. [Western U. S.]
- A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the
sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins. --The
Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]