lappets in English

noun
1
a small flap or fold, in particular.
The fabulous tapering lappets have an all over floral design with a floral vase in the centre of each.
2
a brownish moth, the hairy caterpillars of which have fleshy lappets along each side of the body.
The pine tree lappet moth is a major defoliator of pines and other conifers over much of its natural range.
noun

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1. Two short lappets always hang down from the back.

2. Three types of mitres are worn by Roman Catholic clergy for different occasions: The simplex ('simple', referring to the materials used) is made of undecorated white linen or silk and its white lappets traditionally end in red fringes.

3. The Culminating summits of the ranges generally present the appearance of a flat, rounded swelling, and when they are crowned with glaciers, as many of them are, these shape themselves into what may be described as a mantle, a breastplate, or a flat cap, from which lappets and fringes project at int