Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shaps \Shaps\, n. pl. [Shortened fr. chaparajos. Cf. {Chaps}.]
   Chaparajos. [Western U. S.]

         A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the
         sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins. --The
                                                  Century.