n.1 cr{ecirc}pe, usu. of black silk or imitation silk, formerly used for mourning clothes.
2 a band of this formerly worn round a person's hat etc. as a sign of mourning.
Phrases and idioms:
crape fern a NZ fern, Leptopteris superba, with tall dark-green fronds. crape hair artificial hair used in stage make-up.
Derivatives:
crapy adj.
Etymology: earlier crispe, crespe f. F crespe CR|PE