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Meanings of lappet in English

Portuguese
queixo
Catalan
barba
Spanish
barba

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

        queixo
        Portuguese
        ínfulas
        Spanish
        infula

        Hanging part of a headdress or garment.

              Related terms
              ínfulas

              Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.

                    Usage of lappet in English
                    1
                    At last the tickets were found in the outer lappet of Elizabeth Eliza's hand-bag.
                    The Last of the Peterkins / With Others of Their Kin
                    2
                    Fink took him confidentially by the lappet of his coat.
                    Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
                    3
                    Let me go, or I shall leave the lappet of my coat in your hands.
                    Dr. Dumany's Wife
                    4
                    Our badge was a red morocco star, worn under the left lappet of the vest.
                    Confessions of Boyhood
                    5
                    This style of weave is known as lappet weave.
                    Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
                    6
                    They came through the gateway; the lappet of his coat brushed her arm, and he never saw her.
                    Beatrice
                    7
                    The female has only the rudiments of a crest and lappet, and is of a much duller colour than the male.
                    The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
                    8
                    More in front St. John is carrying two puppies in the lappet of his coat, and the dog is leaping up to him.
                    Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
                    9
                    And she took the little dog in the lappet of her cap, and the head and the body of the stag lay before her.
                    The Mabinogion
                    10
                    He never asked who or what the sick papas of poor children were when the children pulled him by the lappet of his coat.
                    The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 08
                    11
                    The day before, Rosanna had taken out a spot for me on the lappet of my coat, with a new composition, warranted to remove anything.
                    The Moonstone
                    12
                    The head pad resembles a cap hanging in lappets on each side.
                    Jean François Millet / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Po...
                    13
                    The ruffles and lappets and powder and hoop told of long ago.
                    The Gold of Chickaree
                    14
                    The other had on a round fur cap with lappets for the ears.
                    The Frozen Pirate
                    15
                    She took me by one of the lappets of my coat.
                    The Moonstone
                    16
                    On his head was a tight-fitting cap with lappets, also white.
                    Allan and the Holy Flower
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                    Translations for lappet
                    Lappet through the time