Definition of Dewlap

1. Noun. A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck.

Generic synonyms: Cutis, Skin, Tegument
Group relationships: Cervix, Neck

Definition of Dewlap

1. n. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.

Definition of Dewlap

1. Noun. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing, or a similar feature on any other animal. ¹

2. Noun. The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dewlap

1. a fold of loose skin under the neck [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dewlap

1. 1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing. 2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age. "On her withered dewlap pour the ale." (Shak) Origin: Dew + lap to lick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewlap

dewikify
dewikifying
dewily
dewindtite
dewiness
dewinesses
dewing
dewire
dewired
dewires
dewiring
dewitt
dewitted
dewitting
dewitts
dewlap (current term)
dewlapped
dewlaps
dewlapt
dewless
dewlike
dewool
dewooled
dewooling
dewools
deworm
dewormed
dewormer
dewormers
deworming

Literary usage of Dewlap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"dewlap—(no man us a Christian was prouder of the beauty of his pew i:i the Church of ... dewlap condemned the peas as being of no better flavour than brnn, ..."

2. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"It is adorable, and I paint—and I paint—Oh! the beautiful fawn-colored cow, sunk up to her dewlap in the damp grass ; I am going to paint her—crac ! there ..."

3. A Monograph of the Genus Bos: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and by George Vasey (1857)
"The keeper pointed out to Mr. Harvey, as a remarkable peculiarity, that the dewlap (fig. 3), in passing between Pig. 3. dewlap of African Bull. the forelegs ..."

4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1829)
"Harvey as a remarkable peculiarity, that the dewlap (Jig. 52.), in passing between the fore legs (a), and under the body (b)> seemed to divide itself into ..."

5. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"dewlap—The dewlap is a neck or shoulder mark in general. It is made in the same manner as the wattle and looks the same, that is, like a cylinder of hide ..."

6. Parts of the Body in the Later Germanic Dialects by William Denny Baskett (1920)
"MDu. coder dewlap, MLG. koder double chin, Bav. koder idem, ... dewlap, double chin, wattles of a turkey cock, ..."

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