A part (of a garment or the like) either hanging down or projecting so as to admit of being folded over; a flap, lappet. In later use chiefly, a…

A long narrow slip of cloth or hanging part of dress, formerly worn, either attached to and forming part of the hood, head-dress, or sleeve, or…

Originally, one of the narrow, often pointed, laciniæ or pendent pieces made by slashing the skirt of a garment; hence, any hanging ragged or…

A flap or lappet on a garment; esp. the lower part of a man's coat or shirt which hangs down loosely. Also: a loose garment or wrap.

A kind of small cap or bonnet worn by men and women in various countries. (In quot. 1505, a large tippet.)

Something that ‘goes flip-flap’ (see A.), e.g. a hanging piece of cloth, a fan, a fly-flapper. Obsolete.

A pendant portion of a garment, hat, or cap. Hence applied to the garment or hat itself (slang).

? A flap or lappet. Obsolete.

A strip or fillet hanging from a head-dress or garment. In Heraldry, one of the dependent points of a label (see label, n.1 2); occasionally the…

A loose or overlapping part of a garment, forming a flap or fold.

A little flap (flap, n. 4b and 5); also in plural finery, fallals.

A flap on an item of clothing; esp. (a) (on a pair of breeches, trousers, etc.) a flap of material sewn to the base of the opening at the crotch…

Part of something, usually a garment, that overlaps another part of itself.