lapel

lapel

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English lap
English -el
English lapel

    From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”).

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    Noun

    lapel (plural lapels)

    1. 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.
      • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
        His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil !  You !  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

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    Noun

    lapel (genitive lapela, plural lapels)

    1. appeal

    Declension

    Declension of lapel
    Singular Plural
    Nominative lapel lapels
    Genitive lapela lapelas
    Dative lapele lapeles
    Accusative lapeli lapelis
    Predicative1 lapelu lapelus
    Vocative o lapel o lapels
    1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
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