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lapped, ppl. a.|læpt| [f. lap v.2 + -ed1.] In senses of the vb. †a. Wrapped up, disguised. b. fig. Lulled. c. Formed with, or arranged so as to form a lap or laps.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. A ij b, The lapped Nicodemite, holdes it enough to yeeld some secret assent to the trueth. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 589 Fig. 602, lapped and tongued mitre. 1850S. Dobell Roman viii. Poet. Wks. 1875 I. 161/2 The lapp'd sense in soft confusion own'd Redolent light. 1869E. J. Reed Shipbuild. i. §7 The plating of the bottom was made flush from this point to above the turn of the bilge, by plates worked between the lapped edges of the outer over-lapping plates of the bottom. 1894J. E. Davis Elem. Mod. Dressmaking iv. 83 Where the back basque of the bodice is box-pleated, full in any way, or has a lapped centre seam, and is not sewn together much below the waist. 1964McCall's Sewing ix. 130/2 Single lapped seam. This seam is used for joining seams in interfacings and interlinings because it gives the least possible bulk. |