Definitions
a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
Word origin
From flap + -s.
Used in a sentence
“Giges or flappes, is pimples or teates in the in side of his mouth.”
“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.”
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Movable wing parts”5 letters
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