'Oriental crape' definitions:
Definition of 'Oriental crape'
From: GCIDE
- Canton crape \Can"ton crape"\ (kr[=a]p"). A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. --De Colange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Oriental crape'
From: GCIDE
- Crape \Crape\ (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]pe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. [1913 Webster]
- A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstroemia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.
- Oriental crape. See Canton crape. [1913 Webster]