serape

[ suh-rah-pee ]

noun

1. a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.

serape

/ səˈrɑːpɪ /

noun

1. a blanket-like shawl often of brightly-coloured wool worn by men in Latin America
2. a large shawl worn around the shoulders by women as a fashion garment

Word History and Origins

Origin of serape¹

1825–35, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish sarape

Word History and Origins

Origin of serape¹

C19 Mexican Spanish

Example Sentences

Montana Levi Blanco’s moss-green costumes for the chorus amplify the sense of a thriving natural world, but shocks of hot pink and aquatic blue, particularly in Yi Zhao’s hallucinogenic lighting design for “Shake the Heavens,” recall the iridescent striations of a Mexican serape.

From New York Times

County sheriff’s deputies beating up a man who had wandered onto the street waving a serape.

From Los Angeles Times

Her house was very small but cheery and cozy, with crochet, flannel and serape coverings on the furniture and bright lemon-yellow cabinets in the kitchen.

From New York Times

Nearby, a long table was draped in a Mexican serape and topped with platters of pan dulce, while next to it, two women pushed around sizzling pieces of chicken and beef on gas griddles.

From New York Times

Showing his fellow artist Iikaakskitowa against a green-screen-like background with a lasso, bow and arrow, serape, or lowrider bicycle, the pieces speak to the mutability of identity and to the complicated ethics and optics of performing one’s identity for an audience.

From New York Times

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