n. 1 crêpe, 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. crape fern a NZ fern, Leptopteris superba, with tall dark-green fronds. crape hair artificial hair used in stage make-up. crapy adj.
[ earlier crispe, crespe f. F crespe CR°PE ]