Lappet

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lappet \Lap"pet\, n. [Dim. of lap a fold.]
     A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a
     garment or headdress. --Swift.
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     {Lappet moth} (Zool.), one of several species of bombycid


        moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath.
        Two common American species ({Gastropacha Americana}, and
        {Tolype velleda}) feed upon the apple tree.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lappet \Lap"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lappeted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Lappeting}.]
     To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. [R.] --Landor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lappet
       n 1: a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin
            hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds
            (chickens and turkeys) or lizards [syn: {wattle}]
       2: a small lap on a garment or headdress
       3: medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
          [syn: {lappet moth}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "lappet":
     crease, creasing, crimp, dog-ear, double, doubling, drape,
     duplicature, ear lobe, flection, flexure, flounce, fold, frill,
     gather, hanger, hanging, lapel, lobation, lobe, lobule, pendant,
     plica, plication, plicature, ply, ruche, ruching, ruffle, tuck,
     uvula