Chaps meaning : (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. A customer, a buyer. A child. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. A division; a breach, as in a party. A blow; a rap. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. To strike, knock. (often in the plural) The jaw. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc. (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided. A section of a social or religious body. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue. A decretal epistle. A location or compartment.