6 entries under this word
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHAPPED (chăpt); p. pr. & vb. n. CHAPPING.] [L. Ger. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa, to cut, cut off, L. Lat. coppare.] To cleave or open longitudinally, through the effect of heat, cold, dryness, &c.; to split; to crack.
[Heat] chaps the russet plain. Blackmore.
To crack or open in long slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
n. [From chap, v. t. & i. See supra.] 1. A longitudinal cleft, gap, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the hands or feet. Burnet. 2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] There were many clefts and chaps in our council. Fuller.
(chŏp) (Synop., § 130), n. [From chap, to open longitudinally.] The upper or lower part of the mouth; the jaw;—used with reference to beasts, and vulgarly to men; generally in the plural.
His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood. Cowley.
n. [An abbreviation of chapman, but used in a more general sense.] 1. A man or boy; a youth. [Colloq.] 2. A buyer. [Obs.] “If you want to sell, here is your chap.” Steele.
v. i. [A-S. ceapan, ceapian, to buy. See CHEAPEN.] To cheapen. [Obs.]