wrappern.
/ˈrapə/, U.S. /ˈræpər/ I. Something that wraps or enfolds, and related uses.
1. in extended use.1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I The thirde wrappar of the [fœtus].1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. Iv These iii. wrappars or caulles.figurative.1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 3 Each was hidden under almost as many wrappers from the eyes of the mind.
a. That in which anything is wrapped, enveloped, or enclosed; a piece of fabric or other material forming a wrapping; esp. in later use, a protective covering for a parcel or the like.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping
wrapping1387
fardela1425
wrapc1460
wrapperc1460
fold1497
out-band1621
wrappery1662
embalment1697
emballage1714
woolding1729
enwrapment1753
wrappage1827
lapping1858
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 224 Take boþe endis of þe towelle,..and wrythe an handfulle..next þe bred myghtily, and se þat thy wrappere be made strayt.
c1500 Melusine (1895) xxiii. 153 His wounde opend, and out of it ranne blood thrugh the wraper.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vne envelope & couverture, a wrapper.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Envelope,..a wrapper; a peece of wast paper for that purpose.
1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 18 §6 Woolflocks..pressed togeather with Scrues..into Sacks Baggs and other Wrappers made of Wool or Linnen.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶7 My legs [were] closed together by so many Wrappers one over another, that I looked like an Ægyptian Mummy.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Wrapper, a coarse Cloth in which Bale-Goods are wrapped, &c.
1785 W. Tooke in Ellis Lit. Lett. (Camden) 430 As soon as such a number of books are perfected, the surplus of the various signatures are thrown aside for wrappers and other official uses.
1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry 354 The fabric..is of two characters: 1st, Narrow, or 27 inches wide, called wrappers, and made of tow-yarn... 2d. Wide;..made of lint yarn.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiii. 574 The object would often be attainable by a wrapper of tin foil.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvi. 229 I saw the burial of a pilgrim; he was a Greek—miserably poor, and..there was no coffin, nor wrapper.
1901 Wide World Mag. 6 442 The assassin..had torn open the wrapper of the package.
b. A detachable outer paper cover of a book, published part, etc., intended to protect the print, boards, or binding.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > wrapper or loose cover
wrapper1806
fall1837
book wrapper1844
jacket1850
book jacket1859
chemise1893
dust cover1902
book folder1925
dust jacket1928
dust-wrapper1932
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 334 Any publication, calling itself a Review,..used as the means of circulating the celebrity of such remedies,..on their wrappers, covers, or a few leaves tacked at the beginning and end.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 597 The wrappers to the parts of this work.
1891 Athenæum 3 Oct. 448/2 Books..notable for the sylvan colour of the wrappers, their large print and liberal margin.
c. A covering to protect and compact a newspaper, magazine, etc., when sending by post or delivery.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope
coverture1587
by covert1655
envelopea1715
letter cover1741
cover1747
letter case1823
wrapper1846
1846–8 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vi. (ad fin.) Tearing off the wrapper of my newspaper.
1871 British P.O. Guide 1 Jan. 10 The postage must be prepaid..by the use of a stamped wrapper.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner ii A large table littered with newspaper wrappers.
d. plural. = wrap n. 1b ? Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile > for the person
rug1591
wrappers1853
wrap1861
1853 Heal & Son Catal.: Illustr. Catal. Bedsteads 5 The plain Quilts..are applicable wherever extra warmth is required, either as a wrapper in the carriage, or as an extra covering on the bed.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 312/1 Railway blanket,..a traveller's warm wrapper.
1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds i. 18 A double strap such as we use for a rolled railway wrapper.
1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds vii. 137.
e. A sheet put over furniture, shop-goods, etc., to protect from dust or fading.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > miscellaneous articles to protect from dirt > [noun]
crumb-cloth1843
wrapper1847
dust-sheet1854
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > protective covering or pad
wrapper1847
dust-sheet1854
furniture-pad1874
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxiii. 226 The tarnished paws of gilded lions, stealthily put out from beneath their wrappers.
1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. ii. §2 At half-past six in the morning..he would..dust boxes and yawn, and take down wrappers and clean the windows.
1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. ii. §2 Hanging wrappers over the fixtures and over the piles of wares upon the counters.
2.
a. An article of apparel for wrapping, rolling, or coiling from the head. rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other
dorlot1340
horn1340
vitremytec1386
templesc1430
bycocket1464
burlet1490
knapscall1498
shapion1504
shaffron1511
paste1527
attire1530
faille1530
muzzle1542
corneta1547
abacot1548
wase1548
wrapper1548
tiring1552
basket1555
bilimenta1556
Paris head1561
shadow1578
head-roll1583
mitre1585
whitehead1588
crispa1592
ship-tire1602
oreillet1603
scoffion1604
coif1617
aigrette1631
egreta1645
drail1647
topknotc1686
slop1688
Burgundy1701
bandore1708
fly-cap1753
capriole1756
lappet-head1761
fly1773
turban1776
pouf1788
knapscapa1802
chip1804
toque1817
bonnet1837
casquette1840
war bonnet1845
taj1851
pugree1859
kennel1896
roach1910
Deely bobber1982
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. vii Other two ladyes.., and on theyr heades skayns and wrappers of Damaske golde with flatte pypes.
1789–96 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. II. 264 The women of the lower class wear on their heads a wrapper of white linen.
b. A shawl, mantle, etc., for wearing about the person.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap
whittlec900
labey1497
linsel1594
wrapping1635
wrapper1782
wrap1827
wrappage1833
lapping1858
wrappering1862
throw-over1891
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > shawl
toilet1664
shawl1767
wrapper1838
Paisley1849
spread1857
throw1887
1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. xii. 399 Pope was so..infirm, and his body required so many wrappers and coverings, that it was hardly possible for him to be neat.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxv. 86 A man..pulled off a large wrapper which had concealed the lower portion of his face... ‘Pop that shawl away’ [he said].
1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 15 Wanda had..thrown a loose white wrapper round her shoulders.
1897 Daily News 25 Dec. 2/3 The silk wrapper that he was wearing was stolen from off his neck.
3.
a. An outer garment, esp. for indoor wear or use in household work, designed for loosely enveloping the whole (or nearly the whole) figure; a loose robe or gown. In later use chiefly U.S.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other
stolec950
paramentc1385
stolea1387
vestmentc1386
chimer1487
shemewe1517
parliament1537
Turkey gown1558
slop1570
blue gown1578
dolman1585
palliament1593
synthesis1606
vest1613
paramentoa1640
brandenburgh1676
khilat1684
spagnoleta1685
sultanea1685
sultana1693
garter-robes1702
under-robe1725
wrapper1725
stola1728
talar1738
negligée1755
jama1776
dust-gown1802
yukata1822
manga1824
gandoura1851
pheran1851
riga1851
shamma1862
choga1869
kanzu1870
kimono1886
holoku1893
mammy-cloth1952
1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxiii. 403 Her Wrapper, or Morning-gown, a piece of Irish Linen, printed at London.
1734 in Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 4th Ser. 6 42 The [Indian] Queen's [garment] was a sort of scarlet rosetti in the make of our English wrappers.
1740 H. Walpole Lett. (1903) I. 84 Her dress, her avarice, and her impudence must amaze any one that never heard her name. She wears..an old mazarine blue wrapper, that gapes open and discovers a canvas petticoat.
1787 L. L. Orr Jrnl. Young Lady Virginia (1871) 42 We got up [from bed], put on our rappers, and went down in the Seller.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 233 Mrs. Curdle was dressed in a morning wrapper.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. xvii. 257 At ten, Lady Augusta..entered the breakfast parlour in a dirty morning wrapper, and rang the bell.
1883 C. F. Woolson For the Major vii His wife..had just risen—or so it seemed, for she wore a rose-colored wrapper.
1886 A. G. Murdoch Sc. Readings (ed. 2) 15 She got on a working wrapper, and sat herself down.
1905 Outlook 11 Nov. 663/2 The English~woman..scorns the hideous ‘wrapper’ which so many French and Americans wear in the bosom of their family.
b. An article of dress, esp. for masculine wear, intended to wrap about or fit loosely over the person; a wrap. Now dialect.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap > types of
amicea1382
amytc1384
manto1679
manta1697
palla1706
wrapper1799
wrapa1817
Afghan1850
crossover1868
tea-wrap1909
1799 Hull Advertiser 30 Nov. 2/3 Tandy was clad in a white serge wrapper, resembling a friar's gown.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. ii. v. 285 A shower of rain now began to fall. Sir Peter..turning to Walter,..said to him, ‘What! no cloak, Sir? no wrapper even?’
1842 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 86 Just the same price as I gave for a Chesterfield wrapper (as it is called).
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 411 The dress of the people, both male and female, commonly consists of a large loose wrapper and trousers.
1888 T. Hardy Withered Arm in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 30/1 An old milkman near, in a long white pinafore or ‘wropper’.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xiv. 172 The brown-rough ‘wropper’ or over-all—the old-established..dress of the [harvesting] field-woman.
4.
a. Also wrapper leaf. Tobacco-leaf of a superior grade prepared and used for the outer cover of cigars or of plug-tobacco; a covering made of this. Chiefly U.S.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco leaf > type of
wrapper leaf1688
filling1812
strips1844
stript1881
wrap tobacco1888
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxii. 274/2 Filler, is the inside of the Roll [of tobacco]: which is any sorts of Leaves and Stalks. Wrapper, the out side of the roll, which are good leaves.
1839 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 48 The filling of cigars now belies the wrapper.
1864 R. L. De Coin Hist. & Cult. Cotton & Tobacco 301 The best leaves..are required by the twisters for wrappers around twists or plugs.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 May 4 A cigar consists of three parts, the wrapper, the bunch, and the filler.
1944 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Feb. 17/1 The growers want 25 cents a pound for wrapper leaf..and 15 cents for ‘run of the crop’ as against the OPA set prices of 21 for wrapper..and 10 for ungraded.
1978 D. Williams Treasure up in Smoke v. 50 All hand-made cigars consist of a thick core of compressed tobacco leaf, a binder.., and finally a wrapper leaf.
b. U.S. A cigar.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cheroot > cigar
cigar1735
segara1785
puro1841
wrapper1849
rope1899
seegar1935
1849 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales 60 Our friend..expending a whole bunch of Spanish wrappers among..horrified audiences.
5. Botany.† a. (See quots.) Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > acorn or cup of an acorn
acorneOE
acorn cup1544
gland1631
pignut1711
wrapper1718
thimble1873
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > petals or corolla
bella1616
foliation1672
wrapper1718
pavilion1731
corolla1753
wreath1760
corol1791
1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 256 The Wrapper of the Acorn..is a sort of Box set off with several Scales pale green.
c1789 Encycl. Brit. III. 446/1 Calyx, the cup... Involucrum, or wrapper, a cup remote from a flower.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. E5 The envelope, cover or wrapper of the stamens and pistils.
b. In Fungi: = volva n.1
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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue
chive1721
spawn1731
mushroom spawn1753
volva1753
ring1777
veil1777
curtain1796
wrapper1796
fungin1813
subiculum1821
cortina1832
velum1832
mycelium1836
uterus1836
gleba1847
hypostroma1855
sulcus1856
rhizopod1859
tigellule1860
trichophore1860
hypha1866
hypothecium1866
rhizopodium1866
annulus1871
capillitium1871
acervulus1872
weft1875
capsule1883
clamp-connection1887
periphysis1887
chain gemma1893
trumpet hypha1900
metula1915
monokaryon1935
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 286 Agaricus volvaceus... Wrapper at the root, grey or greenish.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 373 Lycoperdon... Wrapper many-cleft, expanding.
1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 253 Volva, Wrapper, or covering, of the Fungus tribe.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1337/1 Volva,..the membranous covering, curtain, or wrapper of the fungus tribe, hiding the parts of fructification, till bursting all round it forms a ring on the stalk.
6. North American.
a. (See quot. 1792.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > sleeve > types of
under-sleeve1547
foresleeve1649
wrapper1792
oversleeve1857
sleevelet1889
mitten1899
1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. III. p. x Wrappers, loose sleeve-pieces to button round the wrists, to defend them from the frost.
b. A make of leather boot adapted for fastening round the leg (also called wrapping-boot).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > fastened in specific way
cockerc1390
spit-boot1707
wrapper1808
wrapping boot1808
button boot1831
Balmoral1857
1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 36 A kind of leather boot or wrapper.
1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. App. 36 In the eastern provinces the dragoons wear, over this wrapper or boot, a sort of jack-boot made of sole-leather.
c. An undershirt.
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1891 Cent. Dict.
7. Lumbering. A chain for binding logs on a skid.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > means of securing logs
logging-chain1825
swifter1870
boom-chain1883
wrapper1901
catpiece1905
four paws1905
1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 391/2 The load is stopped exactly opposite long parallel skids. Two men cautiously unhook the ‘wrappers’.
II. A person who wraps something.
8. One who wraps or packs up anything; spec. one whose occupation consists in wrapping parcels. Also with up.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who packs or packages > who wraps
wrapper1591
wrapperer1908
1591 R. Percivall Spanish Dict. Embolvedor, a roller, a wrapper vp.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1866 in S. Timmins Resources, etc. B'ham 356 Women & Girls as Lacquerers: Chargers of Tubes, Press Women, & Wrappers-up.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 99 Factory Labourer..: Storeman, Wrapper, Slinger.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 45 Cutlery:..Wiper,..Getter up, Wrapper up.
1883 Birmingham Daily Post 11 Oct. Grocery and Provisions.—Junior..wanted... Good flat wrapper and correct accountant preferred.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as wrapper-apron, wrapper-brat; wrapper-addresser, wrapper-writer.
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1876 I. Banks Manch. Man ii She..had taken off her wrapper-brat [Note] A sort of close pinafore.
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 June 11/1 They were..mostly clerks and..wrapper addressers.
1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 June 11/1 Some half-dozen wrapper-writers,..each..copying with lightning-like rapidity from a directory page before him.
1896 M. Quiller-Couch Recov. Jane Vercoe 145 Enveloped in what was commonly called a ‘wrapper-apern’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
wrapperv.
/ˈrapə/, U.S. /ˈræpər/ 1. transitive. To cover with, enclose or envelop in, a wrapper.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (intransitive)]
circumvolve1607
wrap1608
wrapper1885
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]
bewindOE
writheOE
windc1175
bewrap?c1225
lapa1300
umbelaya1300
umbeweave1338
wlappec1380
enwrapa1382
wrapa1382
inlap1382
envelop1386
forwrapc1386
hapc1390
umbeclapa1400
umbethonrea1400
umblaya1400
wapc1420
biwlappea1425
revolve?a1425
to roll up?a1425
roll?c1425
to roll ina1475
wimple1513
to wind up?1533
invest1548
circumvolve1607
awrap1609
weave1620
sheet1621
obvolve1623
embowdle1625
amict1657
wry1674
woold1775
overwrap1815
wrapper1885
wrapper1905
weve-
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 263/1 Vegetable parchment..is used very extensively..for wrappering the better class of literature.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 209 Delivering the papers folded and wrappered ready for post.
1893 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 24/2 A volume in quarto, handsomely, but alas! very loosely, wrappered.
2. To cover up in or as in a wrapper. Also absol. or intransitive.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]
bewindOE
writheOE
windc1175
bewrap?c1225
lapa1300
umbelaya1300
umbeweave1338
wlappec1380
enwrapa1382
wrapa1382
inlap1382
envelop1386
forwrapc1386
hapc1390
umbeclapa1400
umbethonrea1400
umblaya1400
wapc1420
biwlappea1425
revolve?a1425
to roll up?a1425
roll?c1425
to roll ina1475
wimple1513
to wind up?1533
invest1548
circumvolve1607
awrap1609
weave1620
sheet1621
obvolve1623
embowdle1625
amict1657
wry1674
woold1775
overwrap1815
wrapper1885
wrapper1905
weve-
1905 H. G. Wells Kipps ii. ix All the stalls were wrappered up, and all the minor exhibitions locked and barred.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. iv. 151 Half an hour before closing time we began to put away for the last time and ‘wrapper up’.
Derivatives
ˈwrappered adj. (also ˈwrappered-up)
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped
bewrapped1447
upwound1590
wrappered1896
1896 H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance iii, in To-day 9 May 60/1 A cheerless, shutter-darkened, wrappered-up shop.
1906 H. G. Wells In Days of Comet i. v. 169 Two other wrappered figures came out of the bungalows.
ˈwrapperer n. one who covers (esp. magazines or books) with wrappers.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who packs or packages > who wraps
wrapper1591
wrapperer1908
1908 Daily Chron. 24 Apr. 11/3 Girls wanted as book wrapperers (magazine).
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