crape
/kreɪp/
verb
- To cover or drape with crape, especially as a sign of mourning.
- The church was crape in somber cloth for the memorial.
- The family crape the doorway with black fabric.
- They crape the portrait of the deceased during the service.
- To give a crinkled or crimped texture to something, like hair or fabric.
- They crape the edges of the ribbon for decoration.
- She used a special iron to crape her hair for the party.
- The artist crape the paper to create a textured effect.
noun
- A thin, crinkled fabric, usually black, used for mourning clothes or decorations.
- The shop sold crape ribbons for memorial wreaths.
- The widow wore a black crape veil to the funeral.
- Crape was traditionally used to drape over mirrors in a house of mourning.
- A band or piece of this fabric worn as a sign of mourning.
- He wore a crape on his arm after his grandfather passed away.
- The soldiers tied crape around their rifles during the ceremony.
- She pinned a crape to her hat as a mark of respect.