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Webster 1913 Edition
Dewlap
Dew′lapˊ
,Noun.
[
Dew
+ lap
to lick.] 1.
The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
2.
The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.
[Burlesque]
On her withered
dewlap
pour the ale. Shakespeare
Definition 2024
dewlap
dewlap
English
Noun
dewlap (plural dewlaps)
- The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing, or a similar feature on any other animal.
- 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.
- 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.
Translations
pendulous skin under neck
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The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person
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Coordinate terms
- dewclaw - same first root element, "dew"