loup

¹

[ loo ]

noun

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

loup

²

[ loup, lohp, loop ]

verb (used without object)

1. to leap; jump; spring.

verb (used with object)

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

loup

¹

/ luː /

noun

1. See loo mask
   another name for loo mask

loup

²

/ laʊp /

verb

1. See leap
   a Scot word for leap

Word History and Origins

Origin of loup¹

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

Origin of loup²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of loup¹

C19: from French, from Latin lupus wolf

Example Sentences

They gazed at her in amazement; but she calmly pointed towards the frowning walls and battlements of St. Loup.

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As I say, it was the story of St. Loup over again; but if anything the fighting was more severe.

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The bishop had the stream turned away, and transformed the former bath into a chapel that he consecrated to St. Loup.

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The troop entered the former warm water bath, now chapel of St. Loup.

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They had not informed her how, at that very moment, the French were attacking the Saint-Loup bastion and suffering great hurt.

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