flaps

noun

1. (archaic, plural, plural-only)A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.

   “Giges or flappes, is pimples or teates in the in side of his mouth.”

   “If there be any ſvvelling betvveene the eares, it is a ſigne of the polle euil; ſvvelling under the eare, a ſigne of the vives; and ſvvelling in the mouth, a ſigne either of canker, flaps or lampaſſe.”

   “Theſe Giggs, Bladders or Flaps, proceed either from eating too much Graſs, or that which is bad; or Hay or Provender that is rough and pricking.”

   “The Flaps are a ſpungy, fleſhy, fungous ſubftance, ſituated juſt belovv the grinders on the lovver javv, adjoining the cheek, on the part vvhere the bit reſteth upon. The above is ſo troubleſome to a Horſe and ſo ſore, that he vvill often catch the Flaps betvveen his grinders, vvhich chafes him much, and prevents him to grind his food, and cauſes him to ſlaver and ſlober much.”

   “These likewise sometimes enlarge during catarrh or inflammation of the mouth, and are called gigs, and bladders, and flaps in the mouth.”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of flap

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of flap