Lap

Lap

A lap is a surface created between the knee and hips of a bipedal being when it is in a seated or lying down position.

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Famous quotes containing the word lap:

    “I like to see it lap the Miles—
    And lick the Valleys up—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “Beatrice. Will you go hear this news, signor?
    Benedick. I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap and be buried in thy eyes; and moreover, I will go with thee to thy uncle’s.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Far from the sun and summer-gale
    In thy green lap was Nature’s Darling laid,
    What time, where lucid Avon stray’d,
    To him the mighty mother did unveil
    Her awful face:”
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)