dewlap

dewlap

English

Etymology

Dew, of unknown meaning and origin, + Old English læppa (“a loose hanging piece”)

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.læp/, /ˈdju.læp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdjuː.læp/

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• Rhymes: -uːlæp

Noun

dewlap (plural dewlaps)

1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
   • 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

     Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

2. The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human.
   • 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 2”, in Midwinter Break, page 36:

     He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.

Coordinate terms

• dewclaw - same first root element, "dew"

Translations

pendulous skin under neck

Catalan: papada (ca) f Finnish: helluvainen French: fanon (fr) m Galician: gorgueira (gl) f, papo (gl) m, barbada (gl) f Georgian: ღაბაბი (ka) (ɣababi) German: Wamme (de) f, Kehlwamme f Alemannic German: Buuchlämpe m (on cattle) Greek: Ancient: λωγάνιον n (lōgánion) Hungarian: lebeny (hu), toka (hu), lebernyeg Icelandic: hes n Irish: sprochaille f, preiceall m Italian: pappagorgia f Latin: paleāria n pl Mongolian: Cyrillic: хөх (mn) (xöx) Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠬᠦ (kökü) Nandi: lakop Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey) Russian: подгрудок (ru) m (podgrudok) Scottish Gaelic: sporan m, caisean m Spanish: papo (es) m, papada (es) f Swedish: dröglapp c (on cattle) Telugu: గంగడోలు (te) (gaṅgaḍōlu) Turkish: gerdan, gıdık Welsh: tagell f

The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human

Catalan: papada (ca) f Finnish: kaksoisleuka (fi) Galician: papo (gl) m Hungarian: toka (hu) Irish: preiceall m Italian: pappagorgia f Russian: второ́й (ru) (vtorój) подборо́док (ru) m (podboródok) Spanish: papada (es) f Turkish: gıdık (tr) Welsh: tagell f

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