umbelap UK /ˌʌmbɪˈlæp/US /ˌʌmbəˈlæp/ verb1 •(no longer used) To enshroud, to envelop; to surround.For hit is a figure that haldes · five pointes, / And eche line umbelappes · and loukes in other, / And aywhere hit is endeles; · and Englich hit callen / Overal, as I here, · the endles knot. — 1954 formsumbelapped · umbelapping · umbelaps