sb. [Echoic reduplication of LAP sb.2 3.] A frequently reiterated sound of lapping. Also attrib. Hence Lap-lap v. intr.
1834. M. Scott, Cruise Midge (1863), 60. The rushing water … lap-lapping against our bows.
1871. Cornh. Mag., May, 589 (Ogilv.). Soon there was nothing to be heard but the faint lap-lap of the water against the pier.
1890. W. J. Gordon, Foundry, 164. Yarn is being rinsed on square spindles that jerk it with a curious lap-lap motion as they turn it round and round, sunk to half its length in the water.
