DEWLAP  (from the O.E. lceppa, a lappet, or See also:

• HANGING

hanging See also:

• FOLD

fold; the first syllable is of doubtful origin and the popular explanation that the word means " the fold which brushes the See also:

• DEW

dew " is not See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne out, according to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, by the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent words such as the Danish doglaeb, in Scandinavian See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages), the loose fold of skin hanging from the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, also applied to similar folds in the necks of other animals and fowls, as the See also:

• DOG

dog, See also:

• TURKEY

turkey, &c . The See also:

• AMERICAN

American practice of See also:

• BRANDING (from Teutonic brinnan, to burn)

branding cattle by making a cut in the neck is known as a " dewlap See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

brand." The skin of the neck in human beings often becomes pendulous with See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and is sometimes referred to humorously by the same name .