LAPEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lapel mean? 

• LAPEL (noun)
  The noun LAPEL has 1 sense:

1. lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar

  Familiarity information: LAPEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAPEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lapel" is a kind of...):

lap; overlap (a flap that lies over another part)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lapel"):

revere; revers (a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side)

 Context examples 

The measuring was a most solemn and serious function, though it was nothing to the trying-on two days later, when my uncle stood by in an agony of apprehension as each garment was adjusted, he and Weston arguing over every seam and lapel and skirt until I was dizzy with turning round in front of them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)