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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
drapery
n : hanging cloth used as a blind [syn: {curtain}, {drape}, {mantle},
{pall}]
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