Etymograph

English

gap-lapper

From gap + lapper (“one who laps, takes something into the mouth with the tongue”).

A compound of gap + lapper ‘one who laps, takes something into the mouth…’

Old Norse gap ‘an empty space, chasm’

Middle English gap ‘gap, opening’

English gap

Today it means

noun A lesbian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gap-lapper