Definition of Chapping

1. Verb. (present participle of chap) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chapping

1. chap [v] - See also: chap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chapping

chappals
chapparal
chappati
chappatis
chapped
chappel
chappell
chappellane
chappels
chappess
chappesses
chappie
chappier
chappies
chappiest
chapping (current term)
chappo
chappos
chappy
chaprasi
chaps
chapt
chaptalisation
chaptalization
chaptalize
chaptalized
chaptalizes
chaptalizing

Literary usage of Chapping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Care of the Skin and Hair by William Allen Pusey (1912)
"The reason for chapping is that the skin, because of unnatural dryness, ... chapping does not occur ordinarily in warm seasons because at such times the ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"... ROUGHNESS, AND chapping PREVENTED: Fair White Hands and Healthful Skin and Complexion seem PEARS' SOA This world-renowned TAHI. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"chapping. ' Keep the bottom and sides [of the pond] from being damaged by the tread of cattle, and from chapping by the sun and wind. ..."

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