Lappet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lappet is a noun meaning A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
Meaning
A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A wattle or flap-like structure on the face.
- A head-dress made with lappets for lace pendants.
- (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.
- (obsolete, anatomy) A lobe (division of an organ).
Example Sentences
Some vultures have lappets of bare flesh on the sides of the head.
I have small breasts that lie flattened against the chest like lappets.
[…] lifting up the Lappet of his Coat, he put me gently into it, and immediately ran along with me to his Master […]
He wears […] a white wig, the curls of which hang down like lappets over his shoulders, and form a good contrast with the plump, rosy, shining face beneath it.
Word Forms
- lappets
- lappeting
- lappeted
Synonyms for lappet
Depending on context, synonyms include wattle.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wattle, moth, lappel, lapelle, flap, lappie.
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