Akademik

chap.
abbr. chapter.

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1. Chaplain.
2. chapter.
Also, Chap.

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abbrev
1. Chaplain
2. Chapter

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chap1 «chap», verb, chapped, chap|ping, noun.
–v.t., v.i.
to crack open; make or become rough: »

Cold weather chaps his skin.

–n.
a crack in something, especially the skin; place where something is chapped.
╂[Middle English chappen to cut off, chop, break]
chap2 «chap», noun.
1. Informal. a fellow; man or boy: »

Hello, old chap! Send those other two chaps after us (Graham Greene).

2. British. Dialect. a buyer; customer.
╂[short for chapman]
chap3 «chap», noun. Often, chaps.
haw; chop: »

Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chaps (Shakespeare).

╂[variant of chop; perhaps < chap1, in sense of “bite off”]
Chap. or chap.,
chapter.

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abbr. chapter

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abbr
chapter

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chap. [chap.] abbreviation
(in writing) chapter

Useful english dictionary. 2012.