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• Lap — (l[a^]p), n. [OE. lappe, AS. l[ae]ppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An edge; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lap joint — Lap Lap (l[a^]p), n. [OE. lappe, AS. l[ae]ppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lap weld — Lap Lap (l[a^]p), n. [OE. lappe, AS. l[ae]ppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. An… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lap — Lap, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see {Lap}, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. To wrap or wind around something.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lap — Lap, v. i. To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap. [1913 Webster] The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lap-lap — is a waistcloth or loincloth worn in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific. This item of clothing seems to have 3 parts: a front flap, a back flap, and a thread to tie them around the waist. The sides seem to be generally open. How much is… …   Wikipedia

• lap|per — lap|per1 «LAP uhr», noun. one who laps, or takes up (liquid) with the tongue. ╂[< lap3 + er1] lap|per2 «LAP uhr», noun. a person who laps or folds (linen or other cloth). ╂[< lap2 + er1] …   Useful english dictionary

• lap|pa — «LAP uh», noun, plural pas. a long piece of cloth wrapped around the waist, worn as a skirt in Liberia and Sierra Leone. ╂[< a native name in western Africa] …   Useful english dictionary

• lap — lap1 [læp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 2 3 4¦(part of journey)¦ 5 in the lap of luxury 6 in the lap of the gods ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1, 4 5; Origin: Old English lAppa] [Sense: 2 3; Date: 1800 1900; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lap — English now has three distinct words lap, but probably two of them are ultimately related. Lap ‘upper legs of a seated person’ [OE] originally meant ‘flap of a garment’, and it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which also produced German …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• lap — English now has three distinct words lap, but probably two of them are ultimately related. Lap ‘upper legs of a seated person’ [OE] originally meant ‘flap of a garment’, and it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which also produced German …   Word origins