chap

Noun

• (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs

• a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a boy or man
  • that chap is your host
    
  • there's a fellow at the door
    
  • he's a likable cuss
    
  • he's a good bloke
    

Verb

• crack due to dehydration
  • My lips chap in this dry weather
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crevice , cranny , crack , fissure , fellow , feller , fella , lad , gent , blighter , cuss , bloke