Cyprus \Cy"prus\ (s?"pr?s), 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.]

Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)