chapped /t͡ʃæpt/ adjective2 •Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.For chapped lips, or chapped nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, […] / For severely chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor […] — 1854 •[in compounds] Having chaps, or jaws, of a specified kind.This wide-chopt-rascall, would thou mightst lye drowning the washing of ten Tides. — 1610 formsmore chapped · most chapped