Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chaparajos

Chaparajos , noun, plural

[Mex. Sp.]

Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]