Lapel
[lə'pel] or [lə'pɛl]
Definition
(noun.) lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar.
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Definition
(n.) That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.
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Definition
n. the part of the breast of a coat which laps over and is folded back.—adj. Lapelled′.
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Examples
- But I have a little more here, Karkov had grinned and showed the lapel of his jacket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You simply put the lapel in your mouth like this and bite it and swallow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The footman, who had a still bigger white favour on his lapel, wrapped May's white cloak about her, and Archer jumped into the brougham at her side. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My wife had me wear the little red button, but when I saw Americans coming I would slip it out of my lapel, as I thought they would jolly me for wearing it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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