belap UK /bɪˈlæp/US /bəˈlæp/ verb1 •(no longer used) To lap or wrap around (someone or something); to envelop, to surround.There was redy in a wode / Two hundurde knyghtys, þat were gode. / Owte of the wode þey came anon / And belapped vs euerychon. — 1875 formsbelapped · belapping · belaps