Clap"per, n. [F. clapier.]
A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]
Clap"per (?), n. 1.
A person who claps.
2. That which strikes or claps, as the
tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill
hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an
Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).