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单词 chaparajos
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Definition of chaparajos in English:

chaparajos

(also chaparejos)
plural nounˌʃapəˈreɪhəʊsˌtʃapəˈreɪhəʊs-ˈrāəs
North American
  • Leather trousers without a seat, worn by a cowboy over ordinary trousers to protect the legs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Oroqen clothes are mainly gowns, including fur gown, fur jacket, fur trousers, chaparajos, fur shoes, fur socks, fur gloves, fur waistcoat, roe head hat and so on.
    • Last week, a bronze-skinned buckaroo, with a flashing red neckerchief above his blue shirt, with shining leather chaparejos and crimson saddle-blanket, dashed up from a Western skyline on a snorting, piebald cow-pony.
    • Our chaparejos are constructed of super soft and durable Grade No.1 elk hide.
    • His legs are also protected by bronze plates, which resemble the chaparajos of the cowboys in the wild west.
    • Their chaparejos were made of heavy bullhide, to protect the leg from the brush and thorns.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, from chaparra 'dwarf evergreen oak' (with reference to protection from thorny vegetation: see chaparral); probably influenced by Spanish aparejo 'equipment'.

 
 

Definition of chaparajos in US English:

chaparajos

(also chaparejos)
plural noun-ˈrāəs
North American
  • Leather pants without a seat, worn by a cowboy over ordinary pants to protect the legs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His legs are also protected by bronze plates, which resemble the chaparajos of the cowboys in the wild west.
    • Our chaparejos are constructed of super soft and durable Grade No.1 elk hide.
    • The Oroqen clothes are mainly gowns, including fur gown, fur jacket, fur trousers, chaparajos, fur shoes, fur socks, fur gloves, fur waistcoat, roe head hat and so on.
    • Their chaparejos were made of heavy bullhide, to protect the leg from the brush and thorns.
    • Last week, a bronze-skinned buckaroo, with a flashing red neckerchief above his blue shirt, with shining leather chaparejos and crimson saddle-blanket, dashed up from a Western skyline on a snorting, piebald cow-pony.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, from chaparra ‘dwarf evergreen oak’ (with reference to protection from thorny vegetation: see chaparral); probably influenced by Spanish aparejo ‘equipment’.

 
 
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