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shaps

shaps is the alternative form of chaps.

Meaning of chaps

Noun

chaps pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
    • If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?
  2. (plural, plural-only) The 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, Shane Jann, “Analyzing aoudads”, in Texas Outdoors, pages 32–32

Questions about shaps

What is shaps the alternative form of?
Shaps is the alternative form of chaps.

Words near shaps in the dictionary

  1. Shapovalova
  2. shappe
  3. Shappell
  4. Shappells
  5. Shapps
  6. shaps
  7. shapt
  8. Shaptul
  9. Shapwailutan
  10. Shapwick
  11. Shaq

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