wraple

verb

wraple

verb

UK, US /ˈɹæp.əl/

Etymology From wrap + -le. Compare warple.

1

UK, Dialectal To wrap up, entangle; warp.

  • It is a country of vast expanse and wonderful fertility, and its people are only now awakening from that Rip Van Winkle sleep in which all South America has been wrappled for so long a period.1901, Revista Del Río de La Plata, volume 14, page 29:
  • […] age the tightly locked can wrappled in plastic bag and containing the three hundred thousand shillings.2001, John G. Nderitu, Nun in Tragedy, page 181:
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