Illustration of serape
variants
or less commonly sarape
: a colorful woolen shawl worn over the shoulders especially by Mexican men
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Big Bend Holiday Hotel Big Bend Holiday Hotel has restored all its rooms with rustic flair, complete with serape curtains and custom tile work.
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
At folding tables covered in colorful serapes, crockpots bubble with carne asada, as Hernandez’s brother, sister and other workers prep chile de arbol and dice onions for guacamole.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2026
The bright, cheery room, decorated with technicolor serapes and paintings of idyllic tropical-village scenes, felt almost like a taunt.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Each is about the scale of an oversize piece of clothing, like an apron or a serape, and hangs loosely off the wall, as if having just been tacked up.
—Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
At folding tables covered in colorful serapes, crockpots bubble with carne asada, as Hernandez’s brother, sister and other workers prep chile de arbol and dice onions for guacamole.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2026
The bright, cheery room, decorated with technicolor serapes and paintings of idyllic tropical-village scenes, felt almost like a taunt.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Each is about the scale of an oversize piece of clothing, like an apron or a serape, and hangs loosely off the wall, as if having just been tacked up.
—Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for serape
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“Serape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serape. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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