dewlap

English

First element of unknown meaning and origin (compare dewclaw) + Old English læppa (“a loose hanging piece”) (compare jellop, jowlop).

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dewlap (plural dewlaps)

The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
- 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
  Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.
The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human.
- 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 2”, in Midwinter Break, page 36:
  He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.

pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal

sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human — see also double chin

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