"chap." meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chaps.",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chaps."
      },
      "expansion": "chap. (plural chaps.)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "chaplain"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English_four-letter_abbreviations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of chaplain."
      ],
      "id": "en-chap.-en-noun-tbRIfpLY",
      "links": [
        [
          "chaplain",
          "chaplain#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "chapter"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English_four-letter_abbreviations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1877, Laws of the State of New York Passed at the One Hundredth Session of the Legislature, Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons and Company, page 608",
          "text": "1853, chap. 91, what amends secs. 7 and 10, laws 1851, chap. 43; chap. 338, except sec. 4; chaps. 387 and 454; chap. 498, sec. 9, all relating to petit jurors; chaps. 511, 529, 554",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Dacca University Bulletin, page 15",
          "text": "The Vāyu consists of four Pādas—(1) Prakriyā, comprising chaps. 1-6, (2) Anuṣaṅga, chaps. 7-64, (3) Upodghāta, chaps. 65-99, and (4) Upasaṃhāra, chaps. 100 to the end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, John L. Thompson, Timothy George, Scott M. Manetsch, editors, Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament 1: Genesis 1-11, InterVarsity Press, page 7",
          "text": "Good works, chap. 4; on the fear of God, chaps. 6, 7, 19; on faith, chaps. 12, 15, 32, 3; on the true invocation of God, chap. 32; on chastity, chaps. 2, 39, 34, 19; on clemency, chap. 50 etc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of chapter."
      ],
      "id": "en-chap.-en-noun-klKPMFny",
      "links": [
        [
          "chapter",
          "chapter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chap."
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms spelled with .",
    "English_four-letter_abbreviations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chaps.",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chaps."
      },
      "expansion": "chap. (plural chaps.)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "chaplain"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of chaplain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chaplain",
          "chaplain#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "chapter"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1877, Laws of the State of New York Passed at the One Hundredth Session of the Legislature, Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons and Company, page 608",
          "text": "1853, chap. 91, what amends secs. 7 and 10, laws 1851, chap. 43; chap. 338, except sec. 4; chaps. 387 and 454; chap. 498, sec. 9, all relating to petit jurors; chaps. 511, 529, 554",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Dacca University Bulletin, page 15",
          "text": "The Vāyu consists of four Pādas—(1) Prakriyā, comprising chaps. 1-6, (2) Anuṣaṅga, chaps. 7-64, (3) Upodghāta, chaps. 65-99, and (4) Upasaṃhāra, chaps. 100 to the end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, John L. Thompson, Timothy George, Scott M. Manetsch, editors, Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Old Testament 1: Genesis 1-11, InterVarsity Press, page 7",
          "text": "Good works, chap. 4; on the fear of God, chaps. 6, 7, 19; on faith, chaps. 12, 15, 32, 3; on the true invocation of God, chap. 32; on chastity, chaps. 2, 39, 34, 19; on clemency, chap. 50 etc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of chapter."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "chapter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chap."
}