▪ I. shap
(ʃæp)
[a. F. chape in the same sense (Littré Suppl.).]
(See quot. 1904.)
| 1882 Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 445 Shap-faced, a term employed to denote that the plush or velvet cloth is faced with the short ends of waste silk. 1904 N. & Q. Ser. x. I. 307/2 Foulard is not made of silk proper, but of a certain refuse-part of the cocoon known as ‘shap’. |
▪ II. shap
obs. Sc. form of shop.