clapper

A name for the valve of a pump-box. Also, a plank or foot-bridge across a running stream; also, the clapper of a bell.

← clap on! × clap-sill →

Clapper
·noun A rabbit burrow. II. Clapper ·noun A person who claps. III. Clapper ·noun That which strikes...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
clapper
The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
clapper claw
To scold, to abuse, or claw off with the tongue. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shoulder clapper
A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bonny-clapper
(Irish, baine, milk, and clabar, mire.) An Irish term for sour buttermilk.--Nares' Glossary. We sc...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.