chap
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9.4
- noun
- /tʃæp/
- UK
:
chaparrera
- The cowboy wore his chaps over his jeans to protect his legs while riding.
So you have AG suit on which looks like pair of like cowboy chaps and then they have air pockets in them.
- So you have AG suit on which looks like pair of like cowboy chaps and then they have air pockets in them.
- And there I am leather chaps cowboy at level ways go bollocks hanging out.
- I banked on this like outfit arriving that hasn't it was crotchless crotchless chaps.
- And but then all of a sudden I turned into this, I don't know, this dude wearing assless chaps and shaking my ass and dancing and half striptease and stuff like that.
Examples
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Denim jeans, impeccably made by San Francisco clothier Levi Strauss & Co., were substituted for chaps.
Academic text (2005) -
Just full cowboy boots, leather chaps, the best everything.
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"Shoot the one with the leather chaps," the Captain said.
Fiction book (1999) -
As soon as I got that shot off, I saw the cowboy with the leather chaps fall straight back.
Fiction book (1999) -
I glanced over at the chaps hanging on a nail by the door.
Fiction book (1991) -
Air force chaps just spotted a big mob of cattle, 1,500 head, crossing the Marmont River.
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I thread my legs into snake guards—canvas chaps with hard plastic shin covers that hook to my jeans.
Academic text (2011) -
During the rodeo, many participants donned chaps to showcase their cowboy style.
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She bought new leather chaps to wear while working on the ranch.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Chap for a leather leg cover comes from the Spanish chaparreras, a word for 'leg protectors' used by riders. That is why a chap is a piece of leather that keeps a cowboy's legs safe from brush and thorns.