crape

A noun referring to a type of thin, crinkled fabric, often black and historically associated with mourning attire.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un type de tissu fin et gaufré, souvent de couleur noire, historiquement associé aux vêtements de deuil. Il peut aussi désigner ce tissu utilisé pour le deuil ou comme ornement.

1. Fabric C1 formal

   A thin, crinkled fabric made from silk, cotton, or synthetic fibers, often used for mourning clothes or decorations.

   • She wore a black crape dress to the funeral.
   • The crape fabric was used to drape the memorial wreath.
   • He bought a crape ribbon for the mourning ceremony.

   🇫🇷Crêpe (tissu)

   Synonymes: crepe

2. Mourning symbol C1 formal british

   A piece of black crape worn as a sign of mourning.

   • The widow wore a crape on her hat.
   • They tied a crape around the door handle as a sign of grief.
   • The crape was removed after the period of mourning ended.

   🇫🇷Crape (signe de deuil)

   Synonymes: crepemourning bandweeper

• crapes plural form
• crapes' possessive plural form
• crape's possessive singular form

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to make a crackling sound, or to creak; also a variant spelling of 'crepe' in the context of fabric, but as a verb it is largely out of use.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désuet ou sorti d'usage signifiant produire un craquement ou un grincement ; également variante orthographique de « crêpe » dans le contexte du tissu, mais comme verbe il n'est pratiquement plus utilisé.

1. To cover or drape with crape C2 formal british

   To cover or decorate something with crape fabric, often as a sign of mourning.

   • The family crape the door in black for the funeral.
   • They crape the portrait of the deceased with a black cloth.
   • The church was crape for the memorial service.

   🇫🇷couvrir de crêpe

   Synonymes: coverdrapeshroudveil

• craped past participle
• craped past simple
• craping present participle
• crapes third person singular