Lapped
[læpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Lap
Typed by Jerry
Examples
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- However, the rain soon cooled them down again: they lapped a drop of water each, and crept back into their kennels. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When he slept he seemed to crouch down in the bed, lapped up in his own strength, that yet was hollow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typed by Jerry