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1 definition found 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.
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