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clapper (n.)
late 13c., agent noun from
clap
(v.). Meaning "tongue of a bell" is from late 14c. Old English had
clipur
. Meaning "hinged board snapped in front of a camera at the start of filming to synchronize picture and sound" is from 1940.
