dial. Also flap. [f. onomatopœic stem flab, expressing the notion of something thick and broad; cf. flap, dab, slab.] (See quot. 1825).
18[?]. Receipts in Cookery, 45 (Jam., Suppl., 1825). To make Catchup. Gather your large flabs, cut off the root ends, and take off the rough skins; knock them to pieces; and put them in an earthen jar [etc.].
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Flaps pl. large broad mushrooms.
