חָפַת to provide with a bosom or border. Part. pass. חָפוּת. Shek. III, 2 אין התורם … בפרגוד ח׳ he who takes the money out of the Temple cell must not enter with a bordered cloak (in order not to create suspicion; Ms. M. האפות, Mish. Pes. הֶחָפוּת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).—Pl. חֲפוּתִין. Midr. Sam. ch. XXI נמצאו ח׳ וכ׳ the garments were found (to fit David) forming a bosom, not dragging along &c.; (Lev. R. s. 26, a. e. עשויין לו as if made for him).
Pi. - חִיפֵּת to fold the bosom. Tosef. Ber. VII, 18 לחַפּוֹת לו חלוק והוא לא הי׳ וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. הפך) to form the bosom of his shirt, while he never had &c.