Lapel

Japanese: lapel
Lapel

… [Yamashita Etsuko]
[Clothes collar]
In English, it is called a collar, which comes from the Latin word collum, meaning neck. However, a collar that is folded over the chest, like the collar of a suit, is called a lapel. In Western Europe, collars were not attached to clothing until the Middle Ages, and the neck was simply left open for wearing.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "lapel" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【山下 悦子】
[洋服の襟]
 英語でカラーcollarといい,ラテン語の首を意味するcollumに由来。ただし背広の襟のように胸で大きく折り返したものはラペルlapelという。西欧では,中世まで衣服に襟はつかず,ただ着装のために首回りをあけただけであった。…

※「lapel」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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