loup

noun

An obsolete variant of loop.

noun

A light silk mask or half-mask worn at a masquerade.

noun

A sort of grapple used in ancient times by the defenders of a fortress to seize and lift a battering-ram and thus prevent its action.

To leap; spring.

To melt; give way: applied to frost when it melts suddenly.

To leap over; leap from.

noun

See 1st loop.