2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] Many clefts and chaps in our council board. T. Fuller.
3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.]
CHAP
Chap, n. Etym: [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw.
Käft, D. kiæft; akin to G. kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. Chops.]
1. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; — commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings. His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood. Cowley. He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps. Shak.
2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
CHAP Chap, n. Etym: [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. kiæft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.]
1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.] If you want to sell, here is your chap. Steele.
2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]
CHAP
Chap, v. i. Etym: [See Cheapen.]
Defn: To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]