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Definition of Serape
1. Noun. A long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men.
Definition of Serape
1. n. A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.
Definition of Serape
1. Noun. a blanket as worn as a cloak by Spanish-Americans ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serape
1. a colorful woolen shawl [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serape
Literary usage of Serape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"Over the other clothing was the serape. This was usually finer or coarser according
... In general cut the serape resembled the poncho, which was a large, ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"serape'um (temple of Serapis), at Alexandria, XIV. 778, 2 b; at Puteoli, 2 be;
at Memphis, 2 c, XL 165, 2 b, be. Seraphic doctor (Bonaventura), III. ..."
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