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What is another word for lappets?

Pronunciation: [lˈapɪts] (IPA)

Lappets refer to the decorative flap or fold of fabric attached to the edge or the end of a garment or cap. Lappets can be found on various clothing items, including hats, dresses, and coats. Although lappets are commonly known by this name, there are various other synonyms used to describe this type of decoration. Some of the synonyms that can be used for lappets include tippets, streamers, ribbons, tabs, hangings, flounces, and festoons. While lappets were traditionally used in women's fashion, these decorative flaps can now be seen on both men's and women's clothing.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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She was dressed in brilliant violet, with great lappets of velvet, and she had on her head an enormous black hat covered with feathers.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
I recollect contemplating so wistfully, when a boy, a paltry little print of the Thames, and London Bridge, and St. Paul's, that was in front of an old magazine; and a picture of Kensington Gardens, with gentlemen in three-cornered hats and broad skirts, and ladies in hoops and lappets, that hung up in my bed-room; even the venerable cut of St. John's Gate, that has stood, time out of mind, in front of the Gentleman's Magazine, was not without its charms to me; and I envied the odd-looking little men that appeared to be loitering about its arches.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The other had on a round fur cap with lappets for the ears.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell

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