But thighs are the entire upper portion of the legs ( including sides, top and back ) that extend from the knee up to below the hips. No, Lap and the Thigh is not same thing. Thigh is the upper leg of a human between the hip and the knee. And Lap is the lower part of a garment that plays loosely like a skirt.
Why are thighs called lap?
Derived from a Proto-Germanic word *lapp, meaning the “skirt or flap of a garment,” or as the OED notes, “A part (of a garment or the like) either hanging down or projecting so as to admit of being folded over.” (Think toga, or the front of a robe.)14 may 2015
What part of the body is lap?
front
What is considered your thighs?
In human anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip (pelvis) and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb. The single bone in the thigh is called the femur.
Is thigh and leg the same?
As nouns the difference between thigh and leg is that thigh is the upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee while leg is the lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
What is a lap in building?
A lap is when two pieces of reinforcing bar (rebar) are overlapped to create a continuous line of rebar. The length of the lap varies depend on concrete strength, the rebar grade, size, and spacing.