Definition of chaps
: leather leggings joined by a belt or lacing, often having flared outer flaps, and worn over the trousers (as by western ranch hands)
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Origin and Etymology of chaps
modification of Mexican Spanish chaparreras
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: leather coverings for the legs that cowboys and cowgirls wear over their pants when they ride horses
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: leather coverings for the legs worn over pants a cowboy's chaps
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