crapes

Letters are in existence from Boston merchants to English agents rebuking the latter for sending mourning goods, such as crapes, "which are not worn."

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

Here in the Houston area, the crapes are beautiful!

This beautiful specimen is my crape myrtle « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

It's my own fault for just order what they are known for, crapes.

Petunia's drewan 2007

After the prime rib, we had strawberry crapes for desert.

Maya : Month 20 2007

After the prime rib, we had strawberry crapes for desert.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

My mom used to make crapes and I would help her, but I never have.

Crepes for Pancake Day | Baking Bites 2006

When Mrs Greenow made a slight change in her mourning, which she did on her arrival at Norwich, using a little lace among her crapes, Jeannette reaped a rich harvest in gifts of clothes.

Can You Forgive Her? 1993

It was very low inside the house, and so dim, with the closed blinds, that they could scarcely see one another: Editha tall and black in her crapes which filled the air with the smell of their dyes; her father standing decorously apart with his hat on his forearm, as at funerals; a woman rested in a deep armchair, and the woman who had let the strangers in stood behind the chair.

Different Girls Various

"A second marriage," thought Mr. Raleigh, "and before the orphan's crapes are" -- Then, fearful lest she should read his thought, he added, -- "And how do you speak such perfect English?"

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

No; it varies according to the species of sheep, the soil on which they are fed, and the part of the animal from which it is taken: the chief distinction is between the long and the short wool; the long wool is employed in the manufacture of carpets, crapes, blankets, &c.

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Anonymous