Emily Dickinson Lexicon

lap (-s), n. [OE lappa, part of clothing hanging down or folded over.] (webplay: lower).

1. Upper front part of legs; place to hold something when one sits down; front portion of a skirt held in such a way as to contain or catch something.
2. Phrase. “lap of Adamant”: earth hardened by freezing temperatures; [kenning] snowbank; frozen garden.