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Definition of Lappet

1. Noun. A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards.

2. Noun. A small lap on a garment or headdress.

3. Noun. Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.

Definition of Lappet

1. n. A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

2. v. t. To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

Definition of Lappet

1. Noun. A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lappet

1. a decorative flap on a garment [n -S] : LAPPETED [adj]

Medical Definition of Lappet

1. A small decorative fold or flap, especially, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. Lappet moth, one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha Americana, and Tolype velleda) feed upon the apple tree. Origin: Dim. Of lap a fold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lappet

laplings lapmark lapmarks laponite laponites lappa lappaceous lappas lapped lappel

lappels lapper lappered lappering lappers lappet (current term) lappet caterpillar lappet moth lappet moths lappeted

lappets lappie lappies lapping lappings lapps lappy laps lapsable lapsang

Literary usage of Lappet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the by William Scott (1829)
"t you lappet? '^ap. I should rather ask if it be you, Sir : why, you k so young and vigorous MV&. Do I ? Do I ? ^ap. Why, you grow younger and younger every ..."

2. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"selling and finishing, and another which contains dyed yarns and is woven with a trailing pattern, and not only is one lappet pattern employed, ..."

3. The Mechanism of Weaving by Thomas William Fox (1894)
"The foregoing lappet mechanism is not in such extensive use as the Scotch ... The essential features of a Scotch lappet loom are : That needle frames are ..."

4. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the by William Scott (1820)
"Is it you, lappet? Lap. I should rather ask if it be you, Sir,; why yoq look so young and vigorous Love. Do I? Do I? ' Lap. Why, you grow younger nnn ..."

5. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The sides of the neck are naked, but long feathers spring from beneath the throat and from the sides of the neck, to form a loose lappet. ..."

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