"buckaroo", which are in turn corruptions of the Spanish "la reata", "chaparreras", and "vaquero". The exact term also refers to the bucking horses used...

protective leather trousers worn by cowboys, got their name from the Spanish "chaparreras", and the lariat, or rope, was derived from "la reata". All the distinct...

Wyoming, spelled "schaps". The word chaps is a clip of chaparajos or chaparreras, which are Mexican Spanish words for this garment, ultimately derived...

evergreen oak, from Basque txapar, "small, short" chaps from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, leg protectors for riding through chaparral chayote from Spanish, literally:...

opening of the West. Among these are, other than toponyms, chaps (from chaparreras), plaza, lasso, bronco, buckaroo, rodeo; examples of "English" additions...