drape

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  1. transitive verb To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. See Synonyms at clothe.
  2. transitive verb To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.
  3. transitive verb To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.
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  • Seeing that the drape was partly open, she crossed the cement deck to the door and peered inside. —  Chapter1
  • Basil Pilgrim took the drape, laid it across the cushion, pulled it in taut folds down to the throne, and pinned it there. —  Artists in Crime - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 06: 1938
  • We have only her word for it that the drape was already arranged when she visited the studio on Saturday afternoon. —  Artists in Crime - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 06: 1938
  • If Hatchett and Malmsley are correct in saying the drape was still crumpled on Friday afternoon after Ormerin had left, and if Troy is correct in saying it was stretched out on Saturday before he returned, there seemed to be no opportunity. —  Artists in Crime - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 06: 1938
  • Grady went inside, stopping in the drape-enclosed entry foyer, and listened. —  Michaels, Kasey - Too Good To Be True.html
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

drapery ·  upholstery ·  coverlet ·  nightgown ·  tapestry ·  blouse ·  bedspread ·  wallpaper ·  covering ·  scarf ·  bathrobe ·  wrap

Used in the same contextWord Family

drape:   drapes ·  draped ·  draping
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English drapen, to weave, from Old French draper, from drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.

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  1. = Dutch draperen = German drapiron = Danish drapere = Swedish drapera, drape, from Old French draper, make or full cloth, make into cloth, French draper, cover with mourning-cloth, dress, drape, etc., from drap, cloth (later English drab, q. v.), = Provencal drap = Italian drappo = Spanish Portuguese trapo, from Middle Latin drappus, drapis, also trapus, cloth, perhaps of Teutonic origin: see trappings.
 

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