klaff.
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
Meaning & usage
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a drop-leaf (section of a table that can be folded up and down, or the hinged desktop of a secretary desk (sekretär) or the like)
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a leaf (span of a bascule bridge (klaffbro))
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a flap (on an aircraft wing)
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a flap (on a flap valve or the like)
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a key, a pad (on a (wood)wind instrument, like a saxophone or a clarinet)
a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a gob, a trap, a mouth (in the expression håll klaffen)
Håll klaffen!
a valve
hjärtklaff
venklaff
Where this word comes from
Probably related to klapp, itself borrowed from Middle Low German klap, from Old Saxon klappōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klappōn (“to strike, clap, make a loud sound”).
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