資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

         A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.

   {Crape myrtle} (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub
      ({Lagerstr["o]mia 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}.