Hap

n. [Icel. happ, unexpected good fortune; W. hap, hap, luck, chance, fortune.] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; lot. “Whether art it was or heedless hap.” Spenser.

Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. Sidney.

Loving goes by hap; Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.

n. A cloak or plaid. [Scot.]

v. i. To happen; to befall; to come by chance. “Sends word of all that haps in Tyre.” Shak.

To clothe. [Prov. Eng.] Sir T. More.