lapper
1 Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lapper1
First recorded in 1600–10; lap 3 + -er 1
Origin of lapper2
1805–15; Scots form of lopper 2
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On lap fourteen, after Carmichael had moved around Reed, RC got stuck behind a lapper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hansen made the pass with a couple laps to go, only to get hung up behind a lapper and hand the lead back to Josh Grant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three laps from the end, Prumm's race fell apart when she collided with a lapper after the large uphill gap jump.
From Time Magazine Archive
Late in the race, Bubba got together with lapper Cole Siebler after Siebler fell in front of him.
From Time Magazine Archive
SPEEDS—The usual speed of all lapper countershafts is 435 revs. per minute, which gives 1,450 revs. per minute of the Beaters, and 550 revs. per minute of Cylinders, for ordinary cotton.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery by Company, Howard & Bullough American Machine
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