lappet

[ lap-it ]

noun

1. a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
2. a projecting, lobelike structure in certain invertebrate animals.
3. Ornithology. a wattle or other fleshy process on a bird's head.
4. Textiles.
   1. a rack or bar containing needles, situated at the front of the reed, and used in the production of figured patterns.
   2. an ornamented fabric produced by lappet weaving.

lappet

/ ˈlæpɪt /

noun

1. a small hanging flap or piece of lace, etc, such as one dangling from a headdress
2. zoology a lobelike hanging structure, such as the wattle on a bird's head

Derived Forms

• ˈlappeted, adjective

Other Words From

• lappet·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lappet¹

First recorded in 1565–75; lap ¹ + -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of lappet¹

C16: from lap ¹+ -et

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.

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He never asked who or what the sick papas of poor children were when the children pulled him by the lappet of his coat.

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That which moved the lappet was something in the pocket that was struggling to get out.

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Grettir felt him groping about the lower lappet and pulling at it.

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First, it appeared to me as if the lappet of my overcoat pocket were in movement, being raised.

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