Chaps

chaps, n.pi the jaws. [N. E and Scot. chafts— Scand., as Ice. kjaptr the jaw. See Jowl.] Chapt, chapt, pa.p. of Chap. Chapter, cnap'ler, n a head or division of a book a corporation of clergymen belonging to a cathedral or collegiate church an organised branch of some society or fraternity, [Fr. chapitre—L capituluvt, dim of caput, the head.]