Etymology

lapel

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Today it means: Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. Full definition →

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From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.