crêpen.
/krɛp/ 1. The French word for crape n. (used in that language in the early wider sense, and including crêpe anglais, which is called crape in English), often borrowed as a term for all crapy fabrics other than ordinary black mourning crape. crêpe de chine (China crape), a white or other coloured crape made of raw silk. crêpe lisse, smooth or glossy crape, which is not crêpé or wrinkled. Also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > crape
crape1633
crêpe1797
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > crape > types of
lampas1390
crêpe lisse1797
aerophane1829
crape-lesse1858
Albert crepe1871
romaine1904
météor1908
georgette1912
marocain1922
mossy crêpe1945
moss crêpe1955
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > thin or light weight
sendala1225
silk chiffon1530
silk gauze1530
silk jersey1530
patola1605
China silk1614
China-crape1813
senshaw1817
tullec1818
zephyrine1820
mousseline de soie1850
lisse1852
illusion1857
sendaline1866
crêpe de chine1872
louisine1882
chameleon tulle1896
météor1908
1797 Wynne Diaries 13 Jan. (1937) II. 151 After having equipped ourselves, the Bride and me, in a Nuptial garment, (white crepe), we went to Lady Hamilton's.
1825 Ladies Pocket Mag. i. 140 Dress of white crêpe-lisse, trimmed at the border with an ornament of puckered tulle.
1872 Young Englishwoman Oct. 540/1 These tunics are also made of white crêpe de chine.
1881 Truth 19 May 686/2 A dress..of white crêpe, with silk embroidery of jasmine and honeysuckle.
1887 Daily News 11 May 5/8 This blossom-dress was lightly veiled with crêpe of wale rose-pink.
1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 23 Sept. 15/4 A costume of pearl satin and crêpe de chine.
1907 Daily Chron. 15 July 8/4 The crêpe de soie..is of the plainer kind, without a printed border.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 15/1 Crêpe eclair is a silken fabric.
1923 Weekly Disp. 11 Feb. 15 This dinner gown of amber crepe Romain.
1923 Daily Mail 14 Feb. 6 A very pretty gown of blue crêpe romaine.
1923 Daily Mail 19 Apr. 8 The bride's gown was of white crêpe perle.
1925 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 142/3 The crêpe twist [of acetate silk].
1925 E. Sitwell et al. Poor Young People 3 Wear crêpe de Siam, barèges Isabelle.
1928 Sunday Express 8 July 3 Crepe malika, a lovely material,..is one of the few innovations which are finding favour with the most important dress artists.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 231/2 Dull-finished fabrics, such as crêpe suède.
2. In full crêpe rubber. India-rubber rolled into thin sheets with a corrugated surface.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > in specific form
rubber sheet1842
rubber band1849
cut sheet1900
sheet1900
crêpe rubber1907
smoked sheet1909
twist1909
air foam1937
foam1937
1907 Brit. Trade Jrnl. Sept. in W. H. Johnson Para Rubber (1909) 117 After the crêpe rubber has left the vacuum drier.
1907 Brit. Trade Jrnl. Sept. in W. H. Johnson Para Rubber (1909) 118 The first packing of the crêpe in the box.
1909 W. H. Johnson Para Rubber (ed. 2) 114 The manufacture of crêpe rubber..consists in passing the freshly coagulated rubber through a washing machine.
1914 H. Brown Rubber 75 The corrugated sheet known as crêpe... The crêpe rubber, after drying, is sometimes converted into blocks by submitting it to pressure in steel moulds.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 575/2 Coarser qualities of rubber are always made into crêpe.
1937 H. Barron Mod. Rubber Chem. v. 55 Since the beginning of this century smoked sheet and pale crêpe have virtually monopolised the field of raw rubber as raw materials for manufacture.
1963 A. S. Craig Rubber Technol. iii For crepe rubber production the slabs are given much more severe treatment, being passed..through a series of mills the rolls of which are grooved and are turning at slightly different speeds.
3. A small, thin pancake. (Cf. crisp n. 3) So crêpe Suzette n. (usually in plural) a pancake served in a hot sauce, often containing a liqueur.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > pancake
froise1338
pancakea1400
flawnc1400
crust-rollc1430
pancake wisea1500
flapjack1620
torteau1625
egg-fraise1693
wafer pancake1769
flamm1819
blini1842
leather-jacket1846
round robin1847
Pfannkuchen1856
palacinka1884
blintz1903
latke1909
crêpe Suzette1922
Dutch baby1927
spring roll1927
Palatschinken1929
egg roll1938
tostada1945
crêpe1951
ploye1959
palacsinta1964
pancake roll1967
appam1972
popiah1975
uthappam1976
1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 143 Crêpe.—The French for pancake.
1907 G. A. Escoffier Guide Mod. Cookery ii. xx. 723 Suzette Pancakes. Make these from preparation A [i.e. basic recipe], flavoured with curaçoa and tangerine juice. Coat them..with softened butter, flavoured with curaçao and tangerine juice.]
1922 C. H. Senn Luncheon & Dinner Sweets 63 Pancakes à la Suzette. (Crêpes Suzette.)
1924 A. E. M. Foster London Restaurants 87 Crêpe Suzette is another special dish.
1928 Vanity Fair Sept. 31/1 Crêpes Suzettes are pancakes raised by Cunard to a remarkable point of perfection.
1951 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. (1957) 304/2 Add the liqueur and brandy to the sauce, and replace the folded crêpes in the pan.
1961 Guardian 27 Dec. 2/4 Henri Charpentier, creator of Crêpes Suzette.., died at Redondo Beach, California, on Sunday, aged 81.
Compounds
crêpe-hanger n. U.S. slang = crape-hanger n. at crape n. Compounds 3.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > dejected or gloomy person
unhappy hooka1529
drooper1577
disconsolate1631
desponder1689
mope1693
moper1721
despondent1812
misery1888
crape-hanger1921
Dismal Desmond1926
Dismal Jimmy1927
crêpe-hanger1930
Eeyore1932
1930 Notes & Queries 159 119/1 In an American novel, the writer refers to a man as a mere ‘crêpe-hanger’.
1930 Notes & Queries 159 232/1 A crepe-hanger is the ultimate in depressing persons... The expression derives from the lugubrious undertaker's assistants who put up black decorations for a funeral.
crêpe paper n. a thin crinkled paper resembling crêpe.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > crêpe paper
crêpe paper1897
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 123/3 Crepe tissue paper.]
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 333/1 Assorted imported tissue, 2 pieces crepe paper.
1903 K. D. Wiggin Rebecca Sunnybrook Farm xiii. 140 The [lamp] shade..was of crinkled crêpe paper.
1915 Chemists' Windows 27 Crêpe paper or plain stiff materials have enough ‘body’ to remain in pleat.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 258 The Maypoles consisted of a pram wheel decorated with crepe paper and streamers.
crêpe ring n. Astronomy = crape ring n. at crape n. Compounds 3.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Saturn > ring > innermost
crape ring1865
gauze ring1867
crêpe ring1959
1959 Listener 17 Sept. 429/1 The innermost ring, C, is more generally known as the Crêpe or Dusky Ring.
crêpe romaine n. a lightweight semi-sheer luxury fabric, originally of silk, with a dull lustre and a crêpe texture.
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1921 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 3 Apr. (advt.) Lustrous Silks... Crepe Romaine... Satin Romaine.
1921 Mansfield (Ohio) News 16 Oct. (Style Suppl.) 7/5 Brandt has specially used crepe georgette, crepe Romain and supple velvet.
2006 B. Pilch Windows on Life x. 97 The bride's going away dress was of periwinkle blue crêpe romaine with a hat to match and a silver fox fur.
crêpe sole n. [sole n.1 2] the underside of a shoe covered with crêpe rubber.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > sole > other
cork1463
crêpe sole1926
platform sole1938
wedge sole1939
platform1945
ripple sole1949
Vibram1950
lug sole1961
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 654/1 The ‘Glastonbury’ Slipper Boot in buff sheepskins..thin crêpe sole.
1936 G. Greene Journey without Maps iii. iv. 267 A pair of gym shoes with crêpe soles.
1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 232 Crepe soles?.. They last much longer and protect the feet.
crêpe-soled adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with sole > with specific type of sole
corked1519
single-soled1541
well-soled1663
thick-soled1815
crêpe-soled1935
platform-soled1938
wedge-soled1939
creepers1961
Vibram-soled1963
1935 E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. (1936) i. i. 22 We went quietly. I had on these crêpe-soled boots.
1953 H. Clevely Public Enemy x. 62 He..put on..a pair of crêpe-soled sandals.
Derivatives
crêpe v. [French crêper] to frizz, to put up in curl-papers.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > curl
crispc1340
crook1340
pincha1398
curl1447
frouncea1529
creis1553
frizzle1565
thrum1598
becurl1614
calamistrate1628
frizz1660
fruz1702
crimp1708
buckle1721
befriz1772
crape1774
crêpe1818
crinkle1871
permanently wave1901
marcel1906
water-wave1912
permanent wave1921
permanent1924
perm1928
tong1932
scrunch1983
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 76 It was a pity to waste so much paper, which might crêpe hair, pin up bonnets, and serve many other useful purposes.
crêpé adj. [French] frizzed.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > curled
frizzled1567
frounceda1568
becurled1645
frizzeda1653
frizzing1696
frizzly1707
buckled1753
frizzling1779
crêpé1828
figure-six1851
frizzy1870
water-waved1881
Romney1883
marcelled1909
permanently waved1929
permed1937
home perm1949
Afro1966
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xvi. 113 Her own grey hair crêpé, and surmounted by a high cap of the most dazzling blonde.
1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 41 Grayish hair, frizzed, in short crêpé curls.
crêpy adj. (also crêpey, crepey) of the nature of crêpe; resembling crêpe.
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the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > other
crêpy1892
parchmented1893
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > crape
crispa1387
crapy1855
crêpy1892
romaine1898
météor1909
georgette1913
marocain1922
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged > having minute ridges
crisp1398
crispy1594
crisped1603
crimped1676
cranked1699
crapy1853
crape-like1881
crêpy1892
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 June 1/3 A full vest of white crêpy stuff.
1941 C. McCullers in 55 Short Stories fr. N. Yorker (1952) 320 The jockey..scrutinized the room with pinched, crêpy eyes.
1946 E. Taylor Palladian vii. 69 The inside of her arm showed grey and crêpy.
1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xlii. 281 The skin of her throat seemed to her a little crepey, so she massaged it with cold cream.
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