Definition of drape

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Drape (v. t.) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc..

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Drapery :: Drapery (n.) Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general..
Nude :: Nude (a.) Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue..
Draperies :: Draperies (pl. ) of Draper.
Sable :: Sable (v. t.) To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc..
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like..
Draped :: Draped (imp. & p. p.) of Drap.
Drape :: Drape (v. i.) To make cloth.
Overskirt :: Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped..
Woolen :: Woolen (a.) Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper..
Haberdasher :: Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc..
Tasteful :: Tasteful (a.) Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery..
Mantling :: Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin..
Caryatid :: Caryatid (n.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster..
Undrape :: Undrape (v. t.) To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
Drapery :: Drapery (n.) The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..
Valance :: Valance (v. t.) To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
Drape :: Drape (v. i.) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc..
Drapery :: Drapery (n.) 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..
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