flapped, ppl. a.
(flæpt)
[f. flap n. + -ed2.]
1. Of the cheek or ear: Formed like a flap; pendulous.
| 1661 K. W. Conf. Charac., Informer (1860) 47 Why his reverend ears would serve very well for two leathern patches, to sow to each side his flapt jaws. 1840 Dickens Old C. Shop xlviii, The dwarf put his hand to his great flapped ear. |
2. Of a hat or garment: Having a flap or flaps.
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. viii. 90, I turned up my flapt slouched hat. 1780 J. Adams Diary 1 Jan. Wks. 1851 III. 246 A little hat covered with oil cloth, flapped before. 1848 A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850) 141 The scallop-shell..on his flapped hat. 1860 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 303 Square-skirted coat, flapped waist⁓coat, and all the queer costume of the period. |