draper

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See also: Draper, drapër, dräper, and dråper

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value xno is not valid. See WT:LOL. draper, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French drapier, from drap + -ier

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Noun

draper (plural drapers)

  1. One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French draper (to drape", also, "to full cloth), from drap (cloth, drabcloth), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value LL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. drappus, drapus (drabcloth, kerchief), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Old Low (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value frk is not valid. See WT:LOL. *drap, *drāp- (that which is fulled, drabcloth)[1] from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *drap-, *drēp- (something beaten), from *drepaną (to beat, strike), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh- (to beat, crush, make or become thick)[2]. Cognate with English drub (to beat), Low German drapen, dräpen (to strike). More at drape.

Pronunciation

Verb

draper

  1. to drape

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References

  1. ^ http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/drabcloth
  2. ^ Skeat, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, "Drab."

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