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▪ I. crumple, n.
In 7 cromple.
[Cf. G. krumpel, krümpel in same sense, f. krumm, krumb, krump crooked; also crumple v.]
A crushed fold or wrinkle produced by compression.
1607Dekker Westw. Hoe Wks. 1873 II. 293 My forehead has more cromples then the back part of a counsellors gowne. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 584 The best method of taking out the creases and crumples..without damaging the drawing or colours. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxi. 149 An ice-fall, on one side of which I found large crumples produced by the pressure.
▪ II. † crumple, a. Obs.
[f. crumple v.]
= crumpled: chiefly in comb., as crumple-horned adj.; crumple-back n., crook-back.
1523Act. 14–5 Hen. VIII, c. 1 White brode wollen clothes with crumpil listes. 1685Stillingfl. Orig. Brit. v. 275 White Crumple-horned Cows. 1842S. C. Hall Ireland II. 395 The long-horned, or crumple-horned. 1851S. Judd Margaret ii. i. (1871) 178 She had partiality to the crumpleback, Job.
▪ III. crumple, v.|ˈkrʌmp(ə)l|
Also 4–6 cromple, -pyl, -pull.
[In form, a dim. and iterative of crump v.1, for the affinities of which see Note to cramp n.1 As OE. y frequently gave later u, crumple might arise merely as a later form of crymple, crimple; but the historical evidence does not favour this.
Found first in pa. pple, which might belong either to an intr. or trans. vb. (cf. withered, faded); see crumpled.]
1. intr. To become incurved or crushed together; to contract and shrivel up; to become creased or wrinkled by being crushed together.
1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. C iij, To crompull to gether like parchement cast in the fire. 1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. ii. in Holinshed I. ii. 13 It [aqua vitæ] keepeth and preserueth the veines from crumpling. 1633T. James Voy. 63 The snow..crumples and so runnes vpon it selfe, that in a few houres it will be fiue or sixe foote thicke. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. vi. 193 Hence it is that men crumple so in persecution. 1855Trollope Warden vi, How..the muslin fluttered and crumpled before Eleanor and another nymph were duly seated at the piano.
2. trans. To crook, bend together, contort; in mod. use, esp. by crushing.
1613Beaum. & Fl. Honest Man's Fort. ii. iii, He would have crumpled, curled, and shrunk [v.r. struck] himselfe out of the shape of man. 1615Crooke Body of Man 268 He sitteth in the wombe crumpled, contracted or bent round. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Trav. Wks. iii. 82/1 The fellow was hanged, who being not choaked..did stirre his legges, and writhe and crumple his body. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life vi. 86 The effect..is to crumple the strata and force up certain areas in great contorted masses.
3. To crush into irregular creases; to ruffle.
1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry iv. i, Plague on him! how he has crumpled our bands! 1711Addison Spect. No. 130 ⁋2 Sir Roger..exposing his palm..they crumpled it into all shapes and diligently scanned every wrinkle. 1825tr. De Genlis' Mem. I. 175 He..crumpled my gowns, and even tore them. 1838Lytton Alice i. xii, ‘Don't crumple that scarf, Jane’.
4. To wrinkle the smooth surface of; to corrugate, to crinkle.
1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. ix. (1883) 179, I could see her..crumpling the water before her, weather-beaten, barnacled. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea ix. §445 The Sunbeam has power to wrinkle and crumple the surface of the sea by alternate expansion and contraction of its waters.
5. a. To crush (together) in an irregularly folded state.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 479 Huddled up, and as it were crouded and crumpled together. 1862Sala Seven Sons I. xii. 307 She crumpled the cheque in her hand, and walked to the door.
b. to crumple up: to shrivel up by compression; to crush together in a contracted or compressed state. Also fig. (usu. pass.).
1577Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 185 The little Worme, or Grubbe..lieth crumpled up in the Coame. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. i. v, Are thy moyst entrals crumpled up with griefe Of parching mischiefs? a1682Sir T. Browne Plants Script. Tracts 34 Our Rose of Jericho..though crumpled and furdled up, yet, if infused in water, will swell and display its parts. 1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. x. (1889) 91 He saw Drysdale crumple up the notes in his hand. 1865G. Meredith Let. 11 Aug. (1970) I. 315, I fear that you are crumpled up with this accursed dyspepsia. 1916A. Huxley Let. May (1969) 100 The only time they tried to do anything strong..they were absolutely crumpled up.
c. intr. (for refl.). Also, to give way, collapse.
1858Sat. Rev. VI. 90/2 Years crumple up into nothing, or extend to vast duration. 1898Westm. Gaz. 17 May 2/2 It may be well that the Spanish defeat should not be too immediately overwhelming. It may help to keep Spain stable internally if she does not ‘crumple up’ at once.
6. Applied to the action and accompanying sound of crushing under foot things moderately brittle; said also intr. of the things so crushed. Cf. crump v.2
1861Woods Pr. of Wales in Canada 63 The dry, sultry ashes of the forest crumple under your feet. 1868Hawthorne Amer. Note-Bks. (1879) I. 92 Fallen leaves and acorns lying beneath; the footsteps crumple them in walking.
7. fig. To deprive of strength and energy.
1892Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 47 For the sickness gets in as the liquor dies out, An' it crumples the young British soldier.
▸ crumple zone n. a part of a motor vehicle (esp. at the front or rear) which is designed to protect passengers in a collision by undergoing controlled compression and absorbing some of the energy of the impact.
[1966Sunday Times 14 Aug. 6/8 The most effective way of controlling initial deceleration would be to build a ‘crumple box’ on the front of the car.] 1971Times 26 May 3/3 (advt.) A rigid passenger compartment with *crumple zones front and rear. 2001A. Sayle Dog Catcher 98 He walked away without a mark on him, the German car's crumple zones having crumpled and all its airbags dangling like big used condoms. |