Home › Words › C › chapschaps/t͡ʃæps/chaps means protective leather leggings attached at the waist.chaps is pronounced /t͡ʃæps/.EtymologyShort for American Spanish chaparreras or chaparejos. Related to chaparejos and chaparral.nounProtective leather leggings attached at the waist.e.g.“If you are going to use that chainsaw, why don't you put on a pair of chaps?”The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chinks 68% match — A type of chaps. vs chaps →chaparajos 67% match — chaps (item of clothing) vs chaps →woolies 67% match — A type of chaps. vs chaps →chaparejos 66% match — chaps (trousers) vs chaps →chivarras 64% match — Leather leggings of a sort worn by people in or from Mexico and the Southwestern United States. vs chaps →armitas 61% match — An early kind of short chaps (leggings). vs chaps →chapelet 60% match — A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. vs chaps →chappe 58% match — A piece, typically of leather, fitted to the crossguard of European swords of the later medieval period, attested mainly in art, of uncertain purpose. vs chaps →