: leather leggings joined by a belt or lacing, often having flared outer flaps, and worn over the trousers (as by western ranch hands)
Illustration of chaps
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe Italian arena-rock revivalists always put on a show, and a leather-chaps number baring a butt mid-verse is most certainly that. Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Aug. 2022 The next night the vibe is more stereotypically modern San Francisco, with the low-slung lounge area occupied by a crash of mimetically same-y tech chaps ages 25-35 in matching monochrome corporate polo shirts and OnCloud sneakers. Jordan Michelman, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2022 His Stetson cocked just so, his fringed chaps and his pony on the end of a tether are familiar sights in the stakes barn.New York Times, 20 May 2022 Casablanca went Western with a cowboy shirt and chaps, while Glenn Martens deconstructed his at Y/Project and Hed Mayner blew his up. José Criales-unzueta, Vogue, 30 June 2022 Drag kings, mostly (this was ladies’ night) who would dress in fedoras or leather chaps and lip-sync to James Brown or Justin Timberlake. Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 Aguilera, 41, and her backing dancers showed up in red, with the vocalist donning a tight corset and leather chaps. Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2022 Ezekiel Mitchell is unmistakable in his signature all-blue leather vest and chaps. Brett Williams, Men's Health, 19 May 2022 But perhaps the best fashion statement our photographer Lili Kobielski captured was a pair of fringed leather chaps worn by a rider. Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 10 May 2022 See More