chaparejos

British  

/ tʃapaˈraxos, tʃapaˈrexos, ˌʃæpəˈreɪəʊs, ˌʃæpəˈreɪəʊs /

plural noun

1. another name for chaps

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Etymology

Origin of chaparejos

from Mexican Spanish

Example Sentences

Last week, a bronze-skinned buckaroo, with a flashing red neckerchief above his blue shirt, with shining leather chaparejos and crimson saddle-blanket, dashed up from a Western skyline on a snorting, piebald cow-pony.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chaparejos, or "chaps," were of the softest leather, with the fringe at the seams generously long; and the silver spurs at the boot-heels were chased in antique pattern and ridiculously large.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

"I'll have your car put in with mine, Tom," said Lowell, who was dressed in cowpuncher attire, even to leather chaparejos.

From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur

A man in a wide-flapped hat and cowboy chaparejos, with a revolver on either hip, was crossing the stream on the ice-bridge to scramble up the embankment of the new line.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

With their chaparejos, or leather overalls, their big revolvers, their spurs, their bright silk handkerchiefs knotted loosely around their necks over the open collar of their flannel shirts, they made a brave show, indeed.

From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)