Meaning of Chaps | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of clearing house automated payment system, a method of same-day banking transfer.
   British, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
   plural, plural-only
3. The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“If you are going to use⟳ that chainsaw, why don't you put⟳ on a pair of chaps?”

“Chaps were a costume staple of Westerns.”

“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.”

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