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headlap

noun

Etymology

From head + lap.

  1. derived from *leb-✻
  2. inherited from *lappô✻ — “cloth; rag”
  3. inherited from læppa — “skirt or flap of a garment”
  4. inherited from lappe
  5. compounded as headlap — “head + lap”

Definitions

  1. The length of overlap between overlapping roof tiles

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA