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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flap attached to a cap that may be turned down to cover the ears.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The hanging flap of a dog's ear.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On some hats the earflaps may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun either of two flaps attached to a cap that cover the ears

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm

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