CRAPE

crepe, crape

(noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

crape, crepe, French pancake

(noun) small very thin pancake

crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink

(verb) curl tightly; “crimp hair”

crape, crepe

(verb) cover or drape with crape; “crape the mirror”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crape (countable and uncountable, plural crapes)

Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).

Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

Verb

crape (third-person singular simple present crapes, present participle craping, simple past and past participle craped)

(transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

(transitive) To clothe in crape.

Anagrams

• Pacer, caper, pacer, recap

Source: Wiktionary


Crape (krp), n. Etym: [F. cr, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.]

Definition: A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.

– Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

Crape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craped (krpt); p. pr. & vb.n. Craping.] Etym: [F. cr, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.]

Definition: To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk. The hour for curling and craping the hair. Mad. D'Arblay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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