- a variation of crepe.
crape
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noun
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a variant spelling of crepe
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crepe, esp when used for mourning clothes
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a band of black crepe worn in mourning
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Through intermediaries, she got Park’s feedback on what he wanted changed — for instance, he insisted that the tree bark be smooth, a distinctive characteristic of crape myrtles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
And don’t replace them with something like crape myrtle, which is pretty but doesn’t offer much shade for the space it takes up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
They also claimed the crape myrtles would provide similar amounts of shade and noise reduction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Because the trees are not native to North America, the crape myrtle bark scale doesn’t have a wide range of natural predators to help keep it under control.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Because of the tall crape myrtles and elms standing outside the windows, the light that filtered into the Hall of the Gods always looked a little muted.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Another detachment of Infantry, with muffled and craped drums, close the procession: as soon as they are off— Scene draws and discovers the distant view of the Encampment.
From André by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Twice a week her majesty's hair was curled and craped; and this operation appears to have added a full hour to the business of the toilette.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny
The head of the craped marauder was projected cautiously round the door, as if to listen.
From Successful Recitations by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
Swift upon his first wire a second flashed: and one of those craped days of the tragedies of commerce followed, the boding, the loss, flashed everywhere, pervading Europe and America.
From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
The heavily craped train, its sombre engine swathed in black, moved through the land like an eclipse.
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)
The hour advanced on the Wednesdays and Saturdays is for curling and craping the hair, which it now requires twice a week.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny
There are those whom she makes with soft and smooth locks, and with whom crinkling and craping is only a sham.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
Ten on 'em crossed the water down yonder," said Gwenny, putting her hand to her mouth, and seeming to regard it as good news rather than otherwise; "be arl craping up by the hedgerow now.
From The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. by Pearson, Paul M. (Paul Martin)
An' away he wint, over the hill, an' came craping shly and soft through the woods to where the little rid hin lived in her shnug bit iv a house.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
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