cypru

n. [ OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers. ] A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lawn as white as driven snow,
Cyprus black as e'er was crow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]