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loup

1

[ loo ]

noun

  1. a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.


loup

2

[ loup, lohp, loop ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to leap; jump; spring.

verb (used with object)

  1. to leap or jump at, over, or into (something).

loup

1

/ laʊp /

verb

  1. a Scot word for leap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


loup

2

/ luː /

noun

  1. another name for loo mask
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loup1

1825–35; < French: literally, wolf < Latin lupus

Origin of loup2

1325–75; Middle English loupe < Old Norse hlaupa, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loup1

C19: from French, from Latin lupus wolf
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Example Sentences

They gazed at her in amazement; but she calmly pointed towards the frowning walls and battlements of St. Loup.

As I say, it was the story of St. Loup over again; but if anything the fighting was more severe.

The bishop had the stream turned away, and transformed the former bath into a chapel that he consecrated to St. Loup.

The troop entered the former warm water bath, now chapel of St. Loup.

They had not informed her how, at that very moment, the French were attacking the Saint-Loup bastion and suffering great hurt.

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