Lampas is a type of luxury fabric with a background weft (a `ground weave`) typically in taffeta with supplementary wefts (the `pattern wefts`) laid on top and forming a design, sometimes also with a `brocading weft`. Lampas is typically woven in silk, and often has gold and silver thread enrichment. ==History== Lampas weaves were developed ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampas
• (n.) An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/lampas/
Lam'pas noun [ French lampas .] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/9