Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LAP, v.t.

1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on; as, to lap a piece of cloth. To lap boards, is to lay one partly over another.
2. To wrap or twist round. I lapped a slender thread about the paper. – Newton.
3. To infold; to involve. Her garment spreads, and taps him in the folds. – Dryden.