loup

[ loo ]

/ lu /

noun

a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.

Nearby words

lounge suit, lounger, loungewear, lounging, lounsbury, loup, loup river, loup-garou, loupcervier, loupe, louping ill

Origin of loup

1825–35; < French: literally, wolf < Latin lupus

Definition for loup (2 of 2)

loup

[ loup, lohp, loop ]

/ laʊp, loʊp, lup /

Scot.

verb (used without object)

to leap; jump; spring.

verb (used with object)

to leap or jump at, over, or into (something).

Origin of loup

1325–75; Middle English loupe < Old Norse hlaupa, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap

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Examples from the Web for loup

Back from the Valley of the Loup was exploration and sketching ground for another season.
Riviera Towns|Herbert Adams Gibbons
We waded the rivers, Loup Fork and Platte, which was a cold bath at that time of year.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences|Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
When we were rounding up the country down on the middle Loup, we kept finding these cattle for three or four days.
Jack the Young Cowboy|George Bird Grinnell
Inspector Loup issued from the Rue Soufflot entrance an hour later with a look of keen satisfaction.
Mlle. Fouchette|Charles Theodore Murray

You can tell him you have turned them over to Inspector Loup.
Mlle. Fouchette|Charles Theodore Murray

British Dictionary definitions for loup (1 of 2)

loup

/ (luː) /

noun

another name for loo mask

Word Origin for loup

C19: from French, from Latin lupus wolf

British Dictionary definitions for loup (2 of 2)

loup

lowp

/ (laʊp) /

verb, noun

a Scot word for leap

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