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Definition of Lap covering
1. Noun. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs. "His lap was covered with food stains"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lap Covering
Literary usage of Lap covering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electric Lighting: A Practical Exposition of the Art, for the Use of by Francis Bacon Crocker (1904)
"... the lap, covering both sides and edges completely. The frame or casing should
be as securely tin-clad as the door or shutter, which should be provided ..."
2. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1880)
"... is placed on the patient, the bandage is then carried round the body, each
lap covering one half the previous turn ; over the stomach a pad is placed, ..."
3. Missionary Story Sketches: Folk-lore from Africa by Alexander Priestley Camphor (1909)
"Dawah, yielding to her entreaties, fell into her lap, covering his face with the
ample folds of her dress. Waggie Zene, seeing an opportunity to withdraw ..."
4. A Manual of the Steam-engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1891)
"... the shape and proportions of the corresponding half of the three-ported valve.
Each valve is thus a two-ported valve, its lap covering the steam-port at ..."
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