Definition of "serape" []

• A long blanketlike shawl, often brightly colored and fringed at the ends, worn especially by Mexican men. (noun)

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• "The image, which sprang entirely from his mind's eye, was of an old man in serape, seated on the street."
• ""No cooking this morning, I suppose," remarked Steve, when Murray shook him out of the nice nap he had snatched, wrapped in his "serape," or"
• "He was dressed in full ranchero costume, with its rich broidery and trappings; and instead of the usual "serape," he wore a purple _manga_ -- a more graceful, as well as costlier garment."