Lāp'wing, n.

n. [O. Eng. lapwynke, A-S. lepewince, hleapwince, hleafwinge, from A-S. hleapan, to leap, jump, and hlīfian, to arise, soar, because it quickly moves, expands, and flaps its long wings.] (Ornith.) A wading bird of the plover family (Vanellus cristatus or Tringa vanellus of Linnaeus). It is found on the borders of rivers and lakes, on plains and marshes, in England, and its eggs are the “plover’s eggs” of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is also called peeweet, bastard-plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea. Eng. Cyc.