drape

See also drapé

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪp

Etymology

From Middle English drape (noun, “a drape”), from Old French draper (“to drape", also, "to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.

Noun

drape (plural drapes)

1. (UK) A curtain, a drapery.
2. (US) See drapes.
3. (US) A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square

Translations

curtain, drapery — see curtain

References

• Time.com: MANNERS & MORALS: The Drapes [1]

Verb

drape (third-person singular simple present drapes, present participle draping, simple past and past participle draped)

1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
2. To rail at; to banter.
3. To make cloth.
4. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
5. To hang or rest limply
6. To spread over, cover.

Translations

to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery

• Bulgarian: драпирам (bg) (drapiram)
• Dutch: bekleden (nl)
• Estonian: drapeerima (et)
• Finnish: peittää (fi), drapeerata (fi)

• German: drapieren (de)
• Italian: drappeggiare (it), tappezzare (it)
• Swedish: drapera (sv)

to rail at; to banter

• Finnish: hassutella (fi)

to make cloth

to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.

• Estonian: drapeerima (et)
• Finnish: drapeerata (fi)

• German: drapieren (de)
• Swedish: drapera (sv)

to hang or rest limpily

• Finnish: roikkua (fi)

to spread over; to cover

• Finnish: peittää (fi)

• Italian: tappezzare (it)

Anagrams

• dreap
• padre, Padre
• pared
• raped

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French

Verb

drape

1. first-person singular present indicative of draper
2. third-person singular present indicative of draper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of draper
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of draper
5. second-person singular imperative of draper