chaparajos

American  

[shap-uh-rey-ohs, chah-pah-rah-haws] / ˌʃæp əˈreɪ oʊs, ˌtʃɑ pɑˈrɑ hɔs /

Spanish chaparejos

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. (in Mexico) chaps.

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Etymology

Origin of chaparajos

1860–65, < Mexican Spanish, variant of chaparejos, probably blend of chaparral chaparral and aparejos, plural of aparejo gear; akin to apparel

Example Sentences

This spring they may be wearing chaparajos and swinging a quirt through the thin air, and in July they may be at Long Branch, or coloring a meerschaum pipe among the Alps.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill

You would be amused to see me, in my broad sombrero hat, fringed and beaded buckskin shirt, horsehide chaparajos or riding-trousers, and cowhide boots, with braided bridle and silver spurs.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

I wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding-trousers; alligator-hide boots; and with my pearl-hilted revolver and beautifully finished Winchester rifle, I shall feel able to face anything.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

Men were marked by their saddles, their 255 chaparajos, their weapons.

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West

Alfred carefully extracted a short pipe from beneath his chaparajos, pushed down with his blunt forefinger the charge with which it was already loaded, and struck a match.

From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by White, Stewart Edward