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lapel|læˈpɛl|
Also 9 lapell(e, lappel.
[f. lap n.1 + -el.]
That part of the front of a coat which is folded over towards either shoulder.
1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 340 A stiff brocaded silk, and green lapels. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus xiv. (1831) 128 The sleet falling on his dress, lodged in its embroidered lappels. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xiv, Laying his hand upon the lappel of his threadbare coat. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. v. xxxvi, He..held the lapels of his coat with his thumbs under the collar as his manner was.
b. attrib.
1824in S. B. Weeks South. Quakers & Slavery 131 [In 1824 Friends in Southern U.S. record their condemnation of] such articles of dress as lapell coats. 1849Alb. Smith Pottleton Leg. xxv. 261 With inches of ribbon in their lappel button-holes. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 180 Lapel Buttons, Enameled. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 486/2 Lapel microphone, a small microphone, worn on the lapel; suitable for use when the speaker is addressing an audience, or when he cannot remain in a stable position. 1967Observer 26 Mar. 9 The hippies themselves do not need to pin on the lapel buttons they sell. 1969New Scientist 16 Oct. 109/2 The indignity of wearing a lapel badge displaying their name, rank and work-place to the world at large. 1972Times 7 Feb. 1/3 They were issued with lapel badges depicting a black coffin on a white background. 1973Country Life 31 May 56/1 For the sportsman's wife... Lapel brooches in three colours of gold. |