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English
Etymology
From flap + -s.
Pronunciation
Noun
flaps pl (plural only)
- (farriery, archaic) A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.
1610, Gervase Markham, “Of the Signes of Sicknesse, and of what Nature it Consisteth”, in Markhams Maister-peece. Or, What doth a Horse-man Lacke. Containing All Possible Knowledge whatsoeuer which doth Belong to any Smith, Farrier, or Horse-leech, Touching the Curing of All Manner of Diseases or Sorrances in Horses; , London: Nicholas Okes, and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson, , →OCLC, 1st book (Containing All Cures Physicall, ), page 32:If there be any ſvvelling betvveene the eares, it is a ſigne of the polle euil; ſvvelling under the eare, a ſigne of the vives; and ſvvelling in the mouth, a ſigne either of canker, flaps or lampaſſe.
1726, N. B. Philippos, The Farrier’s and Horseman’s Dictionary, London: J. Darby, page 247:Theſe Giggs, Bladders or Flaps, proceed either from eating too much Graſs, or that which is bad; or Hay or Provender that is rough and pricking.
1784, William Griffiths, A Practical Treatise on Farriery, Wrexham, Wales: R. Marsh, page 119:The Flaps are a ſpungy, fleſhy, fungous ſubftance, ſituated juſt belovv the grinders on the lovver javv, adjoining the cheek, on the part vvhere the bit reſteth upon. The above is ſo troubleſome to a Horſe and ſo ſore, that he vvill often catch the Flaps betvveen his grinders, vvhich chafes him much, and prevents him to grind his food, and cauſes him to ſlaver and ſlober much.
1843, William Youatt, The Horse, London: Chapman & Hall, page 206:These likewise sometimes enlarge during catarrh or inflammation of the mouth, and are called gigs, and bladders, and flaps in the mouth.
Noun
flaps
- plural of flap
Verb
flaps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of flap
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Flaps.
Noun
flaps n (plural flapsuri)
- (aviation) flap
Declension
Spanish
Noun
flaps m pl
- plural of flap