LAPEL


Meaning of LAPEL in English

/ ləˈpel; NAmE / noun

one of the two front parts of the top of a coat or jacket that are joined to the collar and are folded back

—picture at jacket

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: diminutive of the noun lap sense 1.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.