lappet
pronunciation
How to pronounce lappet in British English:
UK ['læpɪt]
How to pronounce lappet in American English:
US ['læpɪt]
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- 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
- a small lap on a garment or headdress
- medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
Word Origin
- lappet (n.)
- "a small flap," 1570s; earlier "lobe of a body part" (early 15c.), from Middle English lappe "lap" (see lap (n.)) + -et, diminutive suffix.
Example
- 1. Medium-sized hairy moths ; larvae are lappet caterpillars .
- 2. Lappet norms has exquisite whether does the lappet norms of crystalline light unite count for much .
- 3. A lake blue silk cloth his mother worse is hanging on the flank in the basement always here . There is a spot left on the lappet in those years . He never washes it to prevent lose of a stalk of silk .