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Same as Chaparajos. [Sp. Amer.]

An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuc…

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. Chapeau bras ( Etym: [F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general…

Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

Without a chape.

the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [Written also chaplet.]

A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel.

A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.

A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38.

An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.

The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

The office or business of a chaplain. The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. Milton.

Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [R.] "Yellow, chapless skulls." Shak.

of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.