lapwork

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noun

Work in which one part overlaps another.

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Meanings

nounlapwork (uncountable)
  1. uncountableWork in which one part overlaps another.

    A basket […] into which by the Indian-Women are wrought, by a kind of Lap-Work, the Quills of Porcupines

    1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC

Origin

From lap + work.

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APA

lapwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapwork

MLA

“lapwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lapwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapwork.

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