Easton's Bible Dictionary Of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water, which he throws into his mouth. The three hundred men that went with Gideon thus employed their hands and lapped the water out of their hands (Judges 7:7). Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lap. 2. (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Multi-Version Concordance Lapping (2 Occurrences) Judges 7:6 And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water. (YLT) Judges 7:7 And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.' (YLT)