/shap'euh ray"ohs/ ; Sp. /chah'pah rddah"haws/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. )
(in Mexico) chaps.
Also, chaparejos /shap'euh ray"ohs/ ; Sp. /chah'pah rdde"haws/ .
[ 1860-65, Amer.; chaparejos, prob. b. chaparral CHAPARRAL and aparejos, pl. of aparejo gear; akin to APPAREL ]