earlap noun2 •A flap connected to headgear to protect the ear (against the cold, or physical harm); an earflap.Everyone looked over at Shevchuk, who was shifting from one foot to the other, rumpling his well-traveled hat with its missing earlap — 1981 •(no longer used) The ear lobe....of boring the Earlap, which is performed in Germany, not merely for the purpose of inserting earrings, but as a method of counter-irritation in ophthalmic diseases — 1850 formsearlaps
