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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. [ 1913 Webster ]