lappet

lap·pet

L0048900 (lăp′ĭt)n.1. A decorative flap or loose fold on a garment or headdress.2. A flaplike structure, such as the wattle of a bird or the lobe of the ear.

lappet

(ˈlæpɪt) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a small hanging flap or piece of lace, etc, such as one dangling from a headdress2. (Zoology) zoology a lobelike hanging structure, such as the wattle on a bird's head[C16: from lap¹ + -et] ˈlappeted adj

lap•pet

(ˈlæp ɪt)

n. 1. a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, esp. of a garment or headdress. See illus. at miter. 2. a wattle or other fleshy process on a bird's head. [1565–75; lap¹ + -et] lap′pet•ed, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lappet - a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizardswattlecaruncle, caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
	2.	lappet - a small lap on a garment or headdressoverlap, lap - a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"
	3.	lappet - medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillarslappet mothlasiocampid, lasiocampid moth - medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae