after-clap, noun
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more Calque formed on South African Dutch achterklap, achter rear + klap flap.
obs. except in historical contexts
The canvas curtain hanging at the rear of a covered wagon. Cf. fore-clap, klap noun2.
1850 R.G.G. Cumming Hunter’s Life I. 23‘Fore-clap’ and ‘after-clap,’ which is the colonial name for two broad canvas curtains, that form part and parcel of the sail, and hang in the front and rear of the waggon, reaching to within a few inches of the ground.
1942 S. Cloete Hill of Doves 392He was mending the afterclap of the wagon, stitching it up where it was torn.
The canvas curtain hanging at the rear of a covered wagon.
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