Word Study
crape
CIDE DICTIONARY
crape, n. [F. cr, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.].
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. [1913 Webster]
"A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn." [1913 Webster]
crape, v. t. [F. cr, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n. ].
To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk. [1913 Webster]
"The hour for curling and craping the hair." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crape, n.
1 cr{ecirc}pe, usu. of black silk or imitation silk, formerly used for mourning clothes.
2 a band of this formerly worn round a person's hat etc. as a sign of mourning.
1 cr{ecirc}pe, usu. of black silk or imitation silk, formerly used for mourning clothes.
2 a band of this formerly worn round a person's hat etc. as a sign of mourning.
Idiom
crape fern a NZ fern, Leptopteris superba, with tall dark-green fronds. crape hair artificial hair used in stage make-up.
Derivative
crapy adj.
Etymology
earlier crispe, crespe f. F crespe CR|PE
ROGET THESAURUS
crape
Lamentation
N lament, lamentation, wail, complaint, plaint, murmur, mutter, grumble, groan, moan, whine, whimper, sob, sigh, suspiration, heaving, deep sigh, cry, scream, howl, outcry, wail of woe, ululation, frown, scowl, tear, weeping, flood of tears, fit of crying, lacrimation, lachrymation, melting mood, weeping and gnashing of teeth, plaintiveness, languishment, condolence, mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning, sackcloth and ashes, lachrymatory, knell, deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium, threne, monody, threnody, jeremiad, jeremiade, ullalulla, mourner, grumbler, Noobe, Heraclitus, lamenting, in mourning, in sackcloth and ashes, sorrowing, sorrowful, mournful, tearful, lachrymose, plaintive, plaintful, querulous, querimonious, in the melting mood, threnetic, in tears, with tears in one's eyes, with moistened eyes, with watery eyes, bathed in tears, dissolved in tears, like Niobe all tears, elegiac, epicedial, de profundis, les larmes aux yeux, Int, heigh-ho!, alas!, alack!, O dear!, ah me!, woe is me!, lackadaisy!, well a day!, lack a day!, alack a day!, wellaway!, alas the day!, O tempora O mores!, what a pity!, miserabile dictu!, O lud lud!, too true!, tears standing in the eyes, tears starting from the eyes, eyes suffused, eyes swimming, eyes brimming, eyes overflowing with tears, if you have tears prepare to shed them now, interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent, strangled his language in his tears, tears such as angels weep.Convolution
VB be convoluted, wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl, wave, undulate, meander, inosculate, entwine, intwine, twist, coil, roll, wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill, frizzle, crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort, contort, wreathe.For further exploring for "crape" in Webster Dictionary Online
