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lappet
[ lap-it ]
noun
- a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- a projecting, lobelike structure in certain invertebrate animals.
- Ornithology. a wattle or other fleshy process on a bird's head.
- Textiles.
- a rack or bar containing needles, situated at the front of the reed, and used in the production of figured patterns.
- an ornamented fabric produced by lappet weaving.
lappet
/ ˈlæpɪt /
noun
- a small hanging flap or piece of lace, etc, such as one dangling from a headdress
- zoology a lobelike hanging structure, such as the wattle on a bird's head
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Derived Forms
- ˈlappeted, adjective
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Other Words From
- lappet·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lappet1
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Example Sentences
She had hold of the lappet of his coat; she had kept it in her hand even while she detached herself from his embrace.
He never asked who or what the sick papas of poor children were when the children pulled him by the lappet of his coat.
That which moved the lappet was something in the pocket that was struggling to get out.
Grettir felt him groping about the lower lappet and pulling at it.
First, it appeared to me as if the lappet of my overcoat pocket were in movement, being raised.
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