lapped

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Lappet-faced vultures, native to Africa and named for the flaps of skin, or lappets, that dangle from either side of their head, are among the world’s most endangered birds.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Mrs. Bourdillon's head shook till the lappets swung again.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

At every cross street were officers on elephants, "men in gilt Mambrino helmets and mountebank costumes, decked out with triple buckram capes, and shoulder lappets, and paltry embroidery."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

He was dressed in a p. 138velveteen coat, with broad lappets, red waistcoat, velveteen breeches, buttoning a little way below the knee; white stockings, apparently of lamb’s-wool, and highlows.

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Anthony had leisurely dressed himself in the clothes he kept at Toorak for these chance occasions, and was pulling his coat lappets straight over his big chest when he heard her knock on his door.

From A Humble Enterprise by Cambridge, Ada