ETYM French annexe, Latin annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.
An addition that extends a main building; SYN. annexe, extension, wing.
Something annexed as an expansion or supplement: as an added stipulation or statement; appendix; a subsidiary or supplementary building or structure; wing.
ETYM Old Eng. lappe, as. laeppa; akin to Dutch lap patch, piece, German lappen, Old High Germ. lappa, Dan. lap, Swed. lapp.
1. A part that lies over another part; SYN. overlap.
2. An area of control or responsibility.
3. Movement once around a course; SYN. circle, circuit.
4. The top of the thighs when one is seated; SYN. lap covering.
ETYM Dim. of lap a fold.
1. A small lap on a garment or headdress.
2. Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars; SYN. lappet moth.
Fold or flap on a garment or headdress worn by priest.
Flap or fold (on garment); fleshy lobe.
1. Foliage
2. The representation of leafage (as in architecture)
ETYM French lobe, Greek lobos.
A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
1. One of the stakes of a palisade; picket
2. A space or field having bounds; enclosure
3. A territory or district within certain bounds or under a particular jurisdiction
4. An area or the limits within which one is privileged or protected (as from censure)
5. A perpendicular stripe on a heraldic shield
ETYM Old Fren. pignon a pen, French, gable, pinion; cf. Spanish pińon pinion; from Latin pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. Related to Pin a peg, and cf. Pen a feather, Pennat, Pennon.
A gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack.
Small wheel with teethwing; last joint of a wing; outermost flight feather.
ETYM Latin valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door: cf. French valve.
1. A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it.
2. Any mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid.
3. Device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone.
1. A unit of military aircraft.
2. One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane.
A football player stationed wide of the formation slightly behind the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver — called also flanker back.