chapsn.
/(t)ʃaps/ With plural agreement. = chaparreras n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material
shiverines1663
nankeen1770
overall1782
corduroys1791
ducks1825
webs1825
kerseys1833
moleskin1836
cord1837
kerseymeres1840
blue jeans1842
grey1860
mole trousers1860
chaparreras1861
Bedford cord1862
velveteens1862
dungarees1872
moles1879
chaps1884
chaparejos1887
oiler1889
greyers1900
flannels1911
Levi's1926
denim1932
chino1943
wrangler1947
Bedfords1954
sweats1956
sweatpants1957
1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 139 ‘Chaps’, as they are vulgarly called,..are made of leather with fronts of dogskin with the hair on.
1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 41 The cow-boys, with their schaps, i.e. leather-leggings.
1885 Harper's Mag. July 190/1 His lower limbs clad in the heavy ‘chaps’—or leather overalls.
1922 C. E. Mulford Tex i. 2 His chaps of soft leather..have the look of long service.
1930 E. Ferber Cimarron xii. 195 He [sc. the cowboy] wears chaps, with the hairy side out, to keep his legs warm in winter and to protect them from being torn by chaparral and cactus thorns in summer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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