[f. CHAP sb.1 + -Y1.] Full of chaps or clefts.
1611. Cotgr., Fendu … gaping, chappie.
1833. Lamb, Last Ess. Newspr. 35 Years ago. Whose chappy knuckles we have often yearned to amputate.
1863. Ld. Lytton, Ring Amasis, I. II. i. 216. Muttering from his chappy lip.
