Lapel vs Lamel - What's the difference?
lapel | lamel |
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a suit which are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.