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lapel

noun
/ləˈpɛl/CA/ləˈpel/

Etymology

From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”).

  1. derived from *leb-✻
  2. inherited from *lappô✻ — “cloth; rag”
  3. inherited from læppa — “skirt or flap of a garment”
  4. inherited from lappe
  5. suffixed as lapel — “lap + el”

Definitions

  1. Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are…

    Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lapel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA