lap
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Other meanings
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
A kind of
- thigh
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "læppa" (skirt or flap of a garment).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lap” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.