clapt
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[edit]clapt
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of clap
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- So saying, Dangerfield, with his left hand, clapt his cocked hat on, and with a ghastly smile nodded a farewell to Mrs. Jukes, who, sobbing plentifully, had placed his white surtout, cloakwise over his shoulders, buttoning it about his throat.