Wrappages

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Materials used for enclosing or covering objects, typically for protection or decoration; the act or process of enveloping something with a covering; the overall arrangement or layers of material that enclose an item
2. Items or substances applied or arranged around an object to shield or conceal it; the process of encasing or binding with a covering; the collection or state of being covered for protection or presentation
3. Protective or decorative coverings applied to an object to surround it; the action of encasing or folding around something; the aggregate of materials or folds used to coat an item for safekeeping or appearance

Etymology: "Wrappages" is simply the plural of "wrappage", a noun built from the verb "wrap" and the suffix "-age". That suffix, borrowed through Old French from Latin "-aticum", forms nouns that name a collective, a process, or the result of an action, as in "package", "breakage" and "drainage". "Wrappage" thus gathers together the material used to wrap things, the act of wrapping, and the resulting covering.

Synonyms: wrappings, coverings, packagings, envelopes, bindings