wraple

English

Alternative forms

• wrapple

Etymology

From wrap +‎ -le. Compare warple.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæp.əl/
• Rhymes: -æpəl

Verb

wraple (third-person singular simple present wraples, present participle wrapling, simple past and past participle wrapled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To wrap up, entangle; warp.
   • 1901, Revista Del Río de La Plata, volume 14, page 29:

     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.

   • 2001, John G. Nderitu, Nun in Tragedy, page 181:

     […] age the tightly locked can wrappled in plastic bag and containing the three hundred thousand shillings.

See also

• warple

Anagrams

• prelaw, warple