To split or become rough and sore:skin that chaps easily in winter. n. A sore roughening or splitting of the skin, caused especially by cold or exposure. [Middle Englishchappen.] chap2 (chăp) n.Chiefly British A man or boy; a fellow. ...
British Dictionary definitions for chapbook chapbook /(ˈtʃæpˌbʊk)/ noun a book of popular ballads, stories, etc, formerly sold by chapmen or pedlars Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © Har...
a fissure or crack, especially in the skin. Scot.a knock; rap. chap 2 [ chap ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun Chiefly British Informal: Older Use.a fellow; man or boy. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.a baby or young child. British Dialect.a customer. ...
: to open in slits or cracks also : to become cracked, roughened, or reddened chapped lips chap 3 of 3 noun chiefly British : fellow entry 1 sense 4a Etymology Noun Middle English chappes "cracks in skin," from chappen "to crack" Verb Middle English chappen "to crack (of...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchap /tʃæp/ ●●○ S3 noun 1 [countable] especially British English a man, especially a man you know and like a decent sort of chap2 → chaps→ chappedExamples from the Corpuschap• My dear chap you couldn't put them in a work of ...
in the UK, home to all things wet. Others, however, are British through and through. Some antiquated terms that one occasionally hears are“chap”,“old boy”or even“old fruit”. These old-fashioned terms still thrive in places such as the University of Oxford, where even the freshest ...
plural of chapman, British as in pedlarsSynonyms & Similar Words Relevance pedlars peddlers hawkers hucksters retailers distributors wholesalers salesmen exporters resellers black marketeers salespeople saleswomen discounters smugglers shopgirls salespersons salesclerks jobbers ...
in the UK, home to all things wet. Others, however, are British through and through. Some antiquated terms that one occasionally hears are“chap”,“old boy”or even“old fruit”. These old-fashioned terms still thrive in places...
Also found in: Thesaurus. cha·peau (shă-pō′) n. pl. cha·peaus or cha·peaux (-pōz′) A hat. [French, from Old French chapel, from Vulgar Latin cappellus, diminutive of Late Latin cappa, hooded cloak.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....
Eighteenth-Century Spanish Chapbooks in the British Library: A Descriptive Catalogue. Preface by David Bradbury. London: British Library, 1997. Pp. xvi + 30 black-and- white plates + 145; indices of subject, name as subject, printers and booksellers, places of printing, place names, and ...