belapped

English

Etymology

From belap +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈlæpt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈlæpt/
Rhymes: -æpt
Hyphenation: be‧lapped

Adjective

belapped

(obsolete) Encircled; enveloped; surrounded.
- 1562, Alexander Scott, “To His Heart”, in James Grant Wilson, editor, The Poets and Poetry of Scotland from the Earliest to the Present Time […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1876, →OCLC, stanza 7, page 46:
  Though this belappid body here / Be bound to servitude and thrall, / My faithful heart is free inteir [entire], / And mind to serve my lady at all.

Verb

belapped

(obsolete) simple past and past participle of belap

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