The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shaps
Shaps \Shaps\ (sh[a^]ps), n. pl. [Shortened fr. chaparajos. Cf. Chaps.] Chaparajos. [Western U. S.]
A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the
sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins.
--The
Century.
Usage examples of "shaps".
Falow declines to tell Quark anything about the game beyond the fact that he must move his four game pieces through the various levels, or shaps, of the game board.
Next that comes will be the shaps of my twos—I mean the taps of my shoes!