serape









serape


noun

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

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

n.also sarape, type of shawl for men, 1834, from Mexican Spanish sarape, probably from Nahuatl, but exact source difficult to identify source because there is no -r- sound in Nahuatl.

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