pa. pple. and ppl. a. [f. LAPEL sb. (as if through *lapel vb.) + -ED.]

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  1.  Furnished with a lapel, or with one of a specified kind.

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1751.  Smollett, Per. Pic. (1779), I. viii. 68. His waistcoat was of red plush lapelled with green velvet.

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1766.  in W. Smith, Bouquet’s Exped. (1868), 111. The cloathing of a soldier for the campaign might consist of a short coat of brown cloth, lapelled, and without plaits; [etc.].

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1848.  J. Grant, Adv. of Aide-de-C., iv. A scarlet uniform, lapelled and faced with black velvet.

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1861.  Thornbury, Turner, I. 65. I see, again, his frilled shirt,… his lapelled waistcoat, and his Michael Angelo watch-seal.

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  2.  Folded over so as to form a lapel.

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1789.  E. Darwin, Bot. Gard., II. (1791), 148. With net-wove sash and glittering gorget dress’d, And scarlet robe lapell’d upon her breast, Stern Ara frowns.

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1829.  Mrs. Southey, Churchyards, I. 290. A … coat, of dark blue broad cloth, lapelled back with two rows of … buttons.

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