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Definition of Earlap
1. Noun. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
Definition of Earlap
1. n. The lobe of the ear.
Definition of Earlap
1. Noun. (archaic) The ear lobe ¹
2. Noun. A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Earlap
1. an earflap [n -S] - See also: earflap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earlap
Literary usage of Earlap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Homœopathic Materia Medica (1869)
"In right and left, ear stinging, 89; earlap itching, 178; in left ear stinging,
Si); drawing from mastoid process to forehead. 104; pimple in face, 225; ..."
2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... earlap), palmate, with supplementary lobes at the base ; peda'ti- nerved,
peda'liner vie ..."
3. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years by Laurence Oliphant (1859)
"... in that case, would be to affect to be deaf to it (lit. to be as though the
earlap stopped the ear); personal intercourse would then become impossible ..."
4. Buddhist Art in India by Albert Grünwedel (1901)
"... which, being thrust into the earlap hang down over its edge."1 These floral
adornments varied according to the seasons. ..."
5. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1904)
"It is often hard to say whether a sort of " earlap," appearing below, is part of
one undivided cap, or of a lower cap joined to the upper, or of a separate ..."
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