v. Obs. [f. BE- 1 + LAP.] trans. To lap about, clasp, enfold, envelop; to environ, surround. Chiefly in pa. pple. Belapped.
c. 1200. Ormin, 14267. All Bilokenn & bilappedd Inn all þatt boc.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 100. Hit is bilepped & bihud.
c. 1330[?] Amis & Amil., 1014. He seighe Sir Amis … Bilapped among his fon.
1494. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), IV. xxiii. 189/2. Her good angell … belapped her with so grete lyght that ther myght no man loke upon her.
a. 1529. Skelton, Col. Cloute, 312. In purple & paule belapped.
1562. A. Scot, Poems. This belappit body here.
