lap

English

/læp/

noun
Definitions
  • The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
  • An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
  • The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
  • (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering
  • The upper legs of a seated person.
  • (archaic) The female pudenda.
  • (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lappe inherited from Old English læppa (skirt, flap of a garment, lobe, piece, lappet, a loose hanging piece, portion, section, skirt flap of a garment, skirt of a garment, district) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lappô (cloth, rag) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (hang loosely, droop, blade, sag, hang down, slip, lip, be weak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leb-

Gloss

hang loosely, droop, blade, sag, hang down, slip, lip, be weak

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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