From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
Last April the media world exploded in indignation at the rape and beating of a jogger in Central Park. 1990 January 22, ‘Turning Victims into Saints’, Time:
Castor and Pollux are one set of twins birthed by Leda after her rape by Zeus in swan form; […] 2013, William Butler Yeats, The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
She was thoughtful and full of consideration without being slavish and without compromising her arrogant spirit. And now he knew that she was profoundly, excitingly sensual, but that the conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape. 1953, Ian Fleming, “Tide of Passion”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 167:
Fred[erick]. Traytor, doſt dravv upon thy Prince? / Cur[tius]. Your Pardon Sir, I meant it on a Raviſher. / A foul miſguided Villain. / One that ſcarce merits the brave name of Man. / One that betrays his friend, forſakes his VVife; / And vvould commit a Rape upon my Miſtreſs. 1671, A[phra] Behn, The Amorous Prince, or, The Curious Husband. A Comedy, […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 37:
I fled; but he pursued (though more, it seems, / Inflamed with lust than rage), and, swifter far, / Me overtook, his mother, all dismayed, / And, in embraces forcible and foul / Engendering with me, of that rape begot / These yelling monsters […] 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable) An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. ▸ Overpowerment; utter defeat.
(countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable) An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. ▸ An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
Ellery Queen deals entirely in murders; you are not fobbed off, as you are with Mr. Leslie Charteris's Saint, with pablum about the rape of the dowager's emeralds, or the theft of the blueprint of the newest submarine. 1959, Dorothy Parker, “Ellery Queen: The New York Murders”, in The Portable Dorothy Parker, New York: Penguin, published 1976, pages 566–568:
the Rape of Nanjing
Ruin'd orphans of thy rapes complain. 1638, George Sandys, chapter XXII, in A Paraphrase upon Job:
Few of the Teleri were willing to go forth to war, for they remembered the slaying at the Swanhaven, and the rape of their ships. a. 1974 (date written), J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “(please specify the page)”, in Christopher Tolkien, editor, The Silmarillion, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 15 September 1977, →ISBN:
She worked under the great tapestry with its glowing but subdued tones—huntsmen with lofted horns had been running down a female stag. After the rape, leaving the grooms to bring the trophy home, they galloped away into the soft brumous Italian skyline; […] 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness: A Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished in The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian, Quinx, London: Faber and Faber, 1992, →ISBN, page 23:
(archaic, countable, uncountable) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
The tale of the rape of Lucretia, for example, is hardly tellable - as many Roman writers themselves discovered - without raising the question of where seduction ends and rape begins; the rape of the Sabines puts a similar question mark over the distinction between rape and marriage. 2000 September 8, Mary Beard, “(please specify the article title)”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
Sat. Traytor, if Rome haue law, or we haue power, / Thou and thy Faction shall repent this Rape. / Bass. Rape call you it my Lord, to cease my owne, / My true betrothed Loue, and now my wife? c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which is snatched away.
Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. / Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore. 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
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activity) · de Schändung (act of forcing sexual activity) · sh си̏лова̄ње (act of forcing sexual activity) · eo seksperforto (act of forcing sexual activity) · nrf viol (act of forcing sexual activity) · pl gwałt (act of forcing sexual activity) · vi cưỡng hiếp (act of forcing sexual activity) · hy բռնաբարություն (act of forcing sexual activity) · te మానభంగం (act of forcing sexual activity) · es ultraje (act of forcing sexual activity) · oc viòl (act of forcing sexual activity) · kk зорлау (act of forcing sexual activity) · sl posilstvo (act of forcing sexual activity) · id perogolan (act of forcing sexual activity) · la illata pudicitiae (act of forcing sexual activity) · mr बलात्कार (act of forcing sexual activity) · et vägistamine (act of forcing sexual activity) · tl panggagahasa (act of forcing sexual activity) · ks ناجأیِز کرُن (act of forcing sexual activity) · gl rauso (act of forcing sexual activity) · id pemerkosaan (act of forcing sexual activity) · kk күштеу (act of forcing sexual activity) · tr ırza geçme (act of forcing sexual activity) · ar اِغْتِصَاب (act of forcing sexual activity) · mn хүчин (act of forcing sexual activity) · ta கற்பழிப்பு (act of forcing sexual activity) · gl estrupo (act of forcing sexual activity) · ur عِصْمَت دَری (act of forcing sexual activity) · be згвалтава́ньне (act of forcing sexual activity) · eu bortxaketa (act of forcing sexual activity) · ka გაუპატიურება (act of forcing sexual activity) · fa-ira تَجاوُز (act of forcing sexual activity) · ja 手込め (act of forcing sexual activity) · ky басымчалоо (act of forcing sexual activity) · ja レイプ (act of forcing sexual activity) · de Vergewaltigung (act of forcing sexual activity) · pt estupro (act of forcing sexual activity) · tr tecâvüz (act of forcing sexual activity) · fo neyðtøka (act of forcing sexual activity) · ja 強姦 (act of forcing sexual activity) · ur زِیَادَتِی (act of forcing sexual activity) · mk силу́вање (act of forcing sexual activity) · lt seksualinis prievartavimas (act of forcing sexual activity) · hu megerőszakolás (act of forcing sexual activity) · as বলাৎকাৰ (act of forcing sexual activity) · de Notzucht (act of forcing sexual activity) · my မုဒိမ်း (act of forcing sexual activity) · sv våldtäkt (act of forcing sexual activity) · uz zoʻrlash (act of forcing sexual activity) · yue 強姦 /强奸 (act of forcing sexual activity) · ceb paglugos (act of forcing sexual activity) · es estupro (act of forcing sexual activity) · ang nīedhǣmed (act of forcing sexual activity) · he אֹנֶס (act of forcing sexual activity) · az zorlama (act of forcing sexual activity) · ia stupro (act of forcing sexual activity) · io violaco (act of forcing sexual activity) · ks بےٚ صدری (act of forcing sexual activity) · ur زِنَا بِالْجَبْر (act of forcing sexual activity) · tr göğen (act of forcing sexual activity) · bn ধর্ষণ (act of forcing sexual activity) · ko 성폭행 (act of forcing sexual activity) · izh raisata (act of forcing sexual activity) · lo ການຂົ່ມຂືນ (act of forcing sexual activity) · ga éigniú (act of forcing sexual activity) · ug باسقۇنچىلىق (act of forcing sexual activity) · cs znásilnění (act of forcing sexual activity) · fa-ira تَجاوُزِ جِنْسی (act of forcing sexual activity) · nl verkrachting (act of forcing sexual activity) · bal زورزنا (act of forcing sexual activity) · yi פֿאַרגעוואַלדיקונג (act of forcing sexual activity) · sq përdhunim (act of forcing sexual activity) · ur جِنْسی زِیَادَتِی (act of forcing sexual activity) · pa ਬਲਾਤਕਾਰ (act of forcing sexual activity) · is nauðgun (act of forcing sexual activity) · ro viol (act of forcing sexual activity) · lt išprievartavimas (act of forcing sexual activity) · cmn 強姦 /强奸 (act of forcing sexual activity) · sd زوريء زنا (act of forcing sexual activity) · km ការធ្វើបាប (act of forcing sexual activity) · nn valdtekt (act of forcing sexual activity) · vi hiếp dâm (act of forcing sexual activity) · fr viol (act of forcing sexual activity) · tg таҷовуз (act of forcing sexual activity) · bg изнаси́лване (act of forcing sexual activity) · lv izvarošana (act of forcing sexual activity) · hu nemi erőszak (act of forcing sexual activity) · pt violação (act of forcing sexual activity) · et vägistus (act of forcing sexual activity) · tl panggagahis (act of forcing sexual activity) · la stuprum (act of forcing sexual activity) · as ধৰ্ষণ (act of forcing sexual activity) · uk зґвалтува́ння (act of forcing sexual activity) · gl esforcexo (act of forcing sexual activity) · th การข่มขืน (act of forcing sexual activity) · af verkragting (act of forcing sexual activity)
From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.
Meanings
(transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
"They taught us nothing but how to cheat, curse and abuse. I never killed in cold blood even if I was known as one of the most fearless fighters. Yes, I abducted several children, I robbed and beat, but I never raped." 2007, Kunda: The Story of a Child Soldier, →ISBN, page 51:
[…] in the country of my birth […] my attack now "counts," and my rapist could be prosecuted […] In the place in which I live today, he could not. The statute in my current state of residence reserves that term for the forcible insertion of a penis into a vagina—a definition that allows me, other similarly situated men, and innumerable women whose attacks did not conform to that particular model, to experience the perverse harm of switching between the ranks of the raped and the unraped merely by stepping on board an airplane for a few hours. 2018, Raymond M. Douglas, On Being Raped, page 18
The prosecution case was that the men forced the sisters to strip, threw their clothes over the bridge, then raped them and participated in forcing them to jump into the river to their deaths. As he walked off the bridge, Clemons was alleged to have said: "We threw them off. Let's go." 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
(intransitive, transitive) To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
Dr Ashok's eyes had a tendency to pop whenever he wanted to rape your attention. 1978, Gore Vidal, Kalki:
It is six years since my just action to reclaim the armaments raped from here by the Lairds of Dalgetty and Tolly […]. 1983, Alasdair Gray, “Logopandocy”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 136:
(transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
Paridell rapeth Hellenore:
Malbecco her pursewes:
Findes emongst Satyres, whence with him
To turne she doth refuse. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
A Princess rap’d transcends a Navy storm'd. 1718, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Iliad:
(transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
We've raped the land for power and possession / Two thousand years and all we'll have is a planetary toxic deathbed 2018, “Armageddon Blues”, performed by Power Trip:
I raped your richest roadstead—I plundered Singapore! 1892, Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-Room Ballads:
They come out here in their perky little foreign cars, fifty pounds of American copper in each one, and tell us we're earth-raping monsters. 1996, Stephen King, Desperation:
(offensive, slang, sometimes) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
I attended, the mothers went around the circle, introducing themselves. They added a brief statement about their own experiences with vaccine for the reporter’s benefit. Dionne said that she felt “raped” when she was forced to give Tate some vaccinations. 2018 January 2, Samantha D. Gottlieb, “8. Mothers and Gardasil”, in Not Quite a Cancer Vaccine. Selling HPV and Cervical Cancer, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 121:
(offensive, slang, sometimes) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience. ▸ To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.
My experienced opponent will rape me at chess.
(offensive, slang, sometimes) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience. ▸ To exploit an advantage, often involving money, where the other person has little choice but to submit.
Have you seen the prices in that store lately? I got raped for $20 just buying a sandwich.
sv våldta (force sexual intercourse) · kk күштеу (force sexual intercourse) · pt violentar (force sexual intercourse) · af verkrag (force sexual intercourse) · tr zorlamak (force sexual intercourse) · sl posiliti (force sexual intercourse) · tr namusa sataşmak (force sexual intercourse) · se veagalváldit (force sexual intercourse) · is nauðga (force sexual intercourse) · ko 성폭행하다 (force sexual intercourse) · cs znásilnit (force sexual intercourse) · ga éignigh (force sexual intercourse) · as ধৰ্ষণ কৰা (force sexual intercourse) · nn valdta (force sexual intercourse) · ast aforciar (force sexual intercourse) · mn хүчиндэх (force sexual intercourse) · cy treisio (force sexual intercourse) · el βιάζω (force sexual intercourse) · pl naruszyć (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · cmn 強奸 (force sexual intercourse) · sw -baka (force sexual intercourse) · vi cưỡng dâm (force sexual intercourse) · mba pinogos (force sexual intercourse) · el κακοποιώ (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · ja 手込めにする (force sexual intercourse) · nl verkrachten (force sexual intercourse) · et vägistama (force sexual intercourse) · oc violar (force sexual intercourse) · km បំផើម (force sexual intercourse) · ca violar (force sexual intercourse) · fo neyðtaka (force sexual intercourse) · tr göğmek (force sexual intercourse) · tr zor kullanmak (force sexual intercourse) · es violar (force sexual intercourse) · es estuprar (force sexual intercourse) · ia stuprar (force sexual intercourse) · hu megerőszakol (force sexual intercourse) · es forzar (force sexual intercourse) · de vergewaltigen (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · sk znásilňovať (force sexual intercourse) · sh силовати (force sexual intercourse) · ko 강간하다 (force sexual intercourse) · az zorlamaq (force sexual intercourse) · be згвалтава́ць (force sexual intercourse) · cs znásilňovat (force sexual intercourse) · id rogol (force sexual intercourse) · mi pāhera (force sexual intercourse) · fi raiskata (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · tl gahasa (force sexual intercourse) · uk ґвалтува́ти (force sexual intercourse) · fr pirater (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · gl estrupar (force sexual intercourse) · lv izvarot (force sexual intercourse) · yi מאנס זײַן (force sexual intercourse) · hi दुष्कर्म (force sexual intercourse) · ur زیادتی کرنا (force sexual intercourse) · sq dhunoj (force sexual intercourse) · eo seksatenci (force sexual intercourse) · mk силува (force sexual intercourse) · tr tecavüz etmek (force sexual intercourse) · mn нөжидлэх (force sexual intercourse) · pl gwałcić (force sexual intercourse) · te మానభంగం చేయు (force sexual intercourse) · la constuprō (force sexual intercourse) · tl laspagin (force sexual intercourse) · mn ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨᠳᠡᠬᠦ (force sexual intercourse) · kl pinngitsaalillugu arneriffigaa (force sexual intercourse) · is spilla (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · ovd menn sig ą̊ (force sexual intercourse) · da smadre (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · sq përdhunoj (force sexual intercourse) · bg изнаси́лвам (force sexual intercourse) · tl gahisin (force sexual intercourse) · nl schenden (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · uz zoʻrlamoq (force sexual intercourse) · el ασελγώ (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · ar اِغْتَصَبَ (force sexual intercourse) · fo neyðtaka (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · km រំលោភ (force sexual intercourse) · tg таҷовуз кардан (force sexual intercourse) · ja 犯す (force sexual intercourse) · sk znásilniť (force sexual intercourse) · ar غَصَبَ (force sexual intercourse) · de verderben (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · es deshonrar (force sexual intercourse) · ky басымчалык кылуу (force sexual intercourse) · mr बलात्कार करणे (force sexual intercourse) · it violare (force sexual intercourse) · ja 手篭にする (force sexual intercourse) · yi געוואַלדיקן (force sexual intercourse) · yi שענדן (force sexual intercourse) · bg наси́лвам (force sexual intercourse) · th ข่มขืน (force sexual intercourse) · kix thīh-àhvà (force sexual intercourse) · lb violéieren (force sexual intercourse) · gl rousar (force sexual intercourse) · sh silovati (force sexual intercourse) · gd èignich (force sexual intercourse) · sv skända (ravish) (force sexual intercourse) · sl posiljevati (force sexual intercourse) · pt violar (force sexual intercourse) · da skænde (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · ja 強姦する (force sexual intercourse) · ta அழி (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · ru изнаси́ловать (force sexual intercourse) · hi बलात्कार (force sexual intercourse) · he אנס (force sexual intercourse) · nb voldta (force sexual intercourse) · tk zorlamak (force sexual intercourse) · nl verkrachten (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · bg изнаси́ля (force sexual intercourse) · ja 暴行する (force sexual intercourse) · yi פֿאַרגעוואַלדיקן (force sexual intercourse) · tr canına okumak (slang: dominate) · ru наси́ловать (force sexual intercourse) · ky зордук кылуу (force sexual intercourse) · it violentare (force sexual intercourse) · pl zgwałcić (force sexual intercourse) · lb vergewaltegen (force sexual intercourse) · be гвалтава́ць (force sexual intercourse) · gl esforcexar (force sexual intercourse) · pt estuprar (force sexual intercourse) · ja レイプする (force sexual intercourse) · km រាវ (force sexual intercourse) · fr violer (force sexual intercourse) · de plündern (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · uk зґвалтува́ти (force sexual intercourse) · ast esforciar (force sexual intercourse) · fi raiskata (force sexual intercourse) · kk зорлау (force sexual intercourse) · ro viola (force sexual intercourse) · la stuprō (force sexual intercourse) · es ultrajar (force sexual intercourse) · id perkosa (force sexual intercourse) · de vergewaltigen (force sexual intercourse) · vi hiếp dâm (force sexual intercourse) · cmn 強暴 /强暴 (force sexual intercourse) · de schänden (force sexual intercourse) · ia violar (force sexual intercourse) · km ធ្វើបាបស្ត្រី (force sexual intercourse) · fa تجاوز کردن (force sexual intercourse) · da voldtage (force sexual intercourse) · is valda spjöllum á (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc) · hy բռնաբարել (force sexual intercourse) · as বলাৎকাৰ কৰা (force sexual intercourse) · ta கற்பழி (force sexual intercourse) · it stuprare (force sexual intercourse) · mn ᠨᠥᠵᠢᠳᠯᠡᠬᠦ (force sexual intercourse) · gl rausar (force sexual intercourse) · mi pāwhera (force sexual intercourse) · de schänden (cause damage, destruction to a countryside, nature etc)
Generally considered to derive from Old English rāp (“rope”), in reference to the ropes used to delineate the courts that ruled each rape. Compare Dutch reep and the parish of Rope, Cheshire.
In the 18th century, Edward Lye proposed derivation from Old Norse hreppr (“tract of land”), but this was rejected by the New English Dictionary and is considered "phonologically impossible" by the English Place-Name Society. Others, considering it improbable that the Normans would have adopted a local word, suggest derivation from Old French raper (“take by force”).
See Wikipedia for more.
Meanings
(historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
There is little, if any, doubt that the division of Sussex into six rapes had been carried out before the Conquest, though the term is not mentioned in any Old English record. 1971, Frank Merry Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England:
These four castles dominated the Sussex rapes named after them; the fifth rape, Bramber, held by William de Braose, was in existence by 1084. 1997, Ann Williams, The English and the Norman Conquest, page 18:
It seems to me very clear that the rapes of Sussex were divisions already existing there when the Normans landed. 1888 March 20, Henry H. Howorth, in a letter to The Archaeological Review, volume 1 (March–August 1888), page 230
From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”).
From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”).
Meanings
(obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”).
Meanings
(intransitive, obsolete, reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.
From Middle English rape, from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”).
Meanings
Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
After the Industrial Revolution, it was discovered that rape also yields oil suitable for lubrication. 2001, Bill Lambrecht, Dinner at the New Gene Café, page 231:
From Middle English rape, from rape (“grape stalk, rasper”), from Old French raper, rasper (“to rasp, scratch”), from Old Frankish *raspōn (“to scratch”), related to Old High German raspōn (“to scrape”), Old English ġehrespan (“to strip, spoil”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
(countable, uncountable) A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Fruit plucked in a bunch.
a rape of grapes
With regard to this obligation, the Council, on 26 October 1971[,] also arranged for certain producers to be totally or partially exempted from it, either because their wine production is very low (less than 50 hectolitres in one marketing year), or because they deliver their rapes of grapes to oenological merchants, or because they make quality wines […] 1971, Bulletin of the European Communities:
rape of Cistus 1682, John Ray, Methodus Plantarum Nova:
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bg гроздово джибри (grape husks) · ro ciorchine (bunch of fruit) · fi terttu (bunch of fruit)