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lapel

[ luh-pel ]

noun

  1. either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.


lapel

/ ləˈpɛl /

noun

  1. the continuation of the turned or folded back collar on a suit coat, jacket, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • laˈpelled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • la·pelled adjective
  • la·pelless adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lapel1

1780–90; irregular diminutive of lap 1; -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lapel1

C18: from lap 1
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Example Sentences

These days, servers wear discreet V-shaped pins on their lapels, showing that they’re vaccinated, while diners need not show proof of vaccination.

Then he showed up for the championship game Monday night wearing a Jayhawks pin on his jacket lapel.

Varahn, who has a broad, serious face and a sleek bob, dressed for the occasion in crisp two-piece suits with lapels.

At various times, we had spoken about honors--Hitchcock had been awarded the Légion d'Honneur and wore a ribbon in his lapel.

She had on a blue boy-coat, and to the right lapel was fastened a three-inch red cloth 9, Howe's number.

Shooting The Comancheros in 1961, Wayne spotted a JFK button on the lapel of the future screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz.

A campaign button on his lapel showed him in a smile and a suit, and advertised his name and lever.

He wore the official political uniform: a dark suit, a lapis blue tie and a white shirt—and, of course, a flag-pin on his lapel.

I broke right into his story and seized the lapel of his waistcoat as though he were my dearest friend.

To the lapel of his coat they had pinned a paper on which was written, "The fate that awaits all Kansas Jayhawkers."

The pale glow of light which came from that powder smudge on Carlson's lapel was no longer visible!

That face powder came from the cheek of a woman—some woman who pressed her cheek against Carlson's lapel.

High on the left lapel of his dark suit coat was a white smudge made by some sort of powder.

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