lapel
/ləˈpɛl
/noun
The part on each side of a coat or jacket immediately below the collar which is folded back on either side of the front opening.For men, the geometry of jacket lapels, shoulder pads and waist tapering emphasize the strong upper body of a male....
- The finely tailored jacket featured wide lapels and side belt with turn-ups prominent on the classic cut pants.
- He tugged at the front lapel of his suit jacket and pulled it to his nose.
Derivatives
lapelled
/ adjective [in combination]: a narrow-lapelled suit
Origin
Mid 17th century: diminutive of lap1.
Rhymes
- roundhouse kick
- rounding error
- rounding-off error
- rounding up
- roundish
- roundishness
- round-leafed
- round-leaved
- round-leaved sundew
- roundlet
- round log
- round lot
- roundly
- roundman
- round meal
- round-mouth
- round-mouthed
- round-neck
- round-necked
- roundness
- round-nose
- round-nosed
- roundnose grenadier
- round-number
- round O