Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tip of the ear.
- noun One of a pair of covers for the ears in cold weather, made of cloth or fur so as to incase them. [U.S.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The lobe of the ear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic The
ear lobe . - noun A
flap connected toheadgear to protect theear (against the cold, or physical harm); anearflap .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm
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Or glossy goose's oily plumes, or velvet earlap yielding,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Or glossy goose's oily plumes, or velvet earlap yielding,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Or glossy goose's oily plumes, or velvet earlap yielding,
The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
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So that all foxes in Skåne should know that Smirre was outlawed in the district, the oldest of the foxes bit off his right earlap.
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