Anglo-Ind. [a. Pushtoo chapā’o raid, foray, inroad; cf. Pers. and Turki chapū plunder, chapāwal attack, charge.] A plundering expedition, a raid.
1860. Mayne Reid, Odd People, 240. Trained for a chappow, or plundering expedition.
1879. C. R. Low, Jrnl. Gen. Abbott, ii. 150. They were determined to make a chappow on our camp at Tezeen.
1882. E. O’Donovan, Merv Oasis, II. xxxiii. 66. The Khan of Kuchan … sent out a chappow of a hundred horsemen to seize whatever corn, cattle, or horses they could find in the outlying Turcoman villages.
