drapery

English

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Etymology

From Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultmately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdreɪpəri/

Noun

drapery (countable and uncountable, plural draperies)

1. (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
2. (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
3. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

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4. Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
   • Macaulay

     people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery

Translations

uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds

• Finnish: drapeeraus

• Irish: éadaitheoireacht f

countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain

• Finnish: verho (fi)

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} драперия (bg) (draperie)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} drapiro