the verb stem in comb. with a sb. or adv., in sense of ‘that which wraps or is wrapped about,’ as wrap reel (see quot.), wrap-round, a garment for wrapping round a person; wrap tobacco (also ellipt.), = WRAPPER sb. 4. Also WRAP-RASCAL.
1877. Browning, Agamemnon, 120. A wrap-round [Gr. ἀμφίβληστρον] with no outlet … I fence about him—the rich woe of the garment.
1888. Pall Mall Gaz., 2 Oct., 11/1. What is known as ‘wrap’ tobacco is the special kind which it is sought to cultivate. Ibid. ‘Wrap’ fetches from 2s. to 3s. 6d. [per lb.].
1890. Nasmith, Mod. Cotton Spinning Machinery, xiv. 291. In order to ascertain the counts of yarn, a machine known as a ‘wrap reel’ is employed. This consists of a small fly or swift.
