chaparajos

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chaparajos - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chaparajos \Cha`pa*ra"jos\, n. pl. [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.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]