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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAPERY, n.
1. Clothwork; the trade of making cloth.
2. Cloth; stuffs of wool.
3. In sculpture and painting, the representation of the clothing or dress of human figures; also, tapestry, hangings, curtains, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -eries) Date: 14th century 1. British dry goods 2. a. a decorative piece of material usually hung in loose folds and arranged in a graceful design b. hangings of heavy fabric for use as a curtain 3. the draping or arranging of materials

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 clothing or hangings arranged in folds. 2 (often in pl.) a curtain or hanging. 3 Brit. cloth; textile fabrics. 4 Brit. the trade of a draper. 5 the arrangement of clothing in sculpture or painting. Etymology: ME f. OF draperie f. drap cloth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drapery Dra"per*y, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon. 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay. 3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke. Casting of draperies. See under Casting. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(draperies) 1. You can refer to cloth, curtains, or clothing hanging in folds as drapery or draperies. In the dining-room the draperies create an atmosphere of elegance. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 2. Drapery is cloth that you buy in a shop. (BRIT; in AM, use dry goods) My mother ran a couple of drapery shops. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Hangings, tapestry. 2. Clothing, hanging garments (especially in statuary and painting).

Moby Thesaurus

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