chaps
Seatless leather legwear
Chaps are protective leather leggings worn over trousers, covering the front of the legs while leaving the seat open.
Cowboys and ranchers wear them for protection against brush and rope burns; motorcycle riders wear them against wind and road debris.
In British informal speech, chaps means fellows or men: The chaps from the office are meeting for drinks.
This British sense is old-fashioned and somewhat upper-class, often used with mild affection or irony.
Friends or breeding partners
- palsInformal term for companions
- buddiesInformal term for friends
- fellowsCompanions or associates
- ladsInformal term for boys
blokes · guys · comrades · companions · cronies · cohorts · amigos · confidants
Tanned animal skin
- buckskinTanned deer pelt
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
western · equestrian · riding · horseback · protection · ranch · wrangler · durable
mates
Friends or breeding partners
lads · blokes · guys · comrades · companions · cronies · cohorts · amigos · confidants · sidekicks
leather
Tanned animal skin
rodeo · western · equestrian · riding · horseback · protection · ranch · wrangler · durable · gaucho
saddle
Mounted rider's seat
stirrups · cinch · girth · halter · saddlebag · bits · harness · headstall · martingales · chinks
cracked
Having surface fractures
- dryFree from moisture
- roughenedMade less smooth
- windburnedSkin irritated by gusts
sore · raw · irritated · reddened · lips · hands · knuckles · moisturizer · balm · winter
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- rodeobull riding, bareback riding, bronc riding, calf roping, team roping
- farrieryfarrier, horseshoes, clinch, rasps, nipping
- menman, guys, male, blokes, guy
- Cowboycowboy, cowboys, cowgirls, ranch, rancher
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
chapsstrangers
People unknown to you
gentlemen · sirs · individuals · persons
- new chapterDistinct period starting now
- chapped lipsDried, split mouth skin
- wedding chapelSmall venue for nuptials
- chapter oneOpening portion of text
- chapter and verseExact documented source details
- next chapter
chapter, chap, chapel, chaperone, chapped, chaplain, chapping, chapeau, chappie