drapery
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
drapery (countable and uncountable, plural draperies)
- (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
- The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
- Macaulay
- people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery
- Macaulay
Translations[edit]
uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds
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countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain
the occupation of a draper
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