Chapped
Verb
chapped
(past of chap)
Adjective
chapped- (of skin) dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface
- 1854 Sir Erasmus Wilson - Healthy skin: a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation and managementFor chapped lips, or chapped nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, ...
For severely chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor ... - 1913, Willa Cather, ... his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold.