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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Dim. of

lap

a fold.]

A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

Swift.

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.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Lappeted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Lappeting

To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

[R.]

Landor.

Noun.

[dim. of lap.] A part of a garment or dress that hangs loose.