Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Furnished with drapery; covered as with drapery; draped.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Covered or supplied with drapery.

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  • adjective Covered or supplied with drapery.

Etymologies

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drapery +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • These bunks were elegantly draperied with red calico, through which we caught dim glimpses of blue blankets.

    The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

  • Imagine a tiny valley about eight hundred yards in length, and perhaps thirty in width, (it was measured for my especial information,) apparently hemmed in by lofty hills, almost perpendicular, draperied to their very summits with beautiful fir-trees, the blue-bosomed Plumas (or Feather River, I suppose I must call it) undulating along their base, -- and you have as good an idea as

    The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

  • It was a large and airy apartment, and furnished with evident profusion; the sunlight of the bright summer-day, admitted partially through the amply-draperied windows, lit up a variety of sparkling gilding in picture-frames, and vases, and mirrors, and cornices; but

    International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various

  • "I will blight him, as the Lord liveth; as the Lord liveth, I will blight him ..." he said repeatedly, his draperied arms spread in pompous imprecation.

    The Lord of the Sea 1906

  • It was festooned and draperied with all kinds of green that cling to shady rocks.

    Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women 1905

  • Amid the woods, that scene of flitting souls—amid the crack and crash and yelling sounds—the impalpable perfume of the woods—and yet the pungent, stifling smoke—the radiance of the moon, looking from heaven at intervals so placid—the sky so heavenly—the clear-obscure up there, those buoyant upper oceans—a few large placid stars beyond, coming silently and languidly out, and then disappearing—the melancholy, draperied night above, around.

    A Night Battle, over a Week Since. Specimen Days 1892

  • Clouds of pale gold and transparent crimson draperied the eastern sky, but the sun, whose face gladden’d them into all that glory, was not yet above the horizon.

    One Wicked Impulse! Pieces in Early Youth 1892

  • Leaning far out of an open window, appear’d a white draperied shape, its face possess’d of a wonderful youthful beauty.

    One Wicked Impulse! Pieces in Early Youth 1892

  • “Concini a Marshal of France!” exclaimed simultaneously the Ducs de Guise, d'Epernon, and de Bellegarde, who were standing together; and then there was a dead silence as the draperied door closed upon the exulting favourite.

    The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890

  • “I desire to have the entrance to my closet draperied by a screen of crimson velvet edged with gold,” said the Regent on one occasion to Madame de Guercheville; “be good enough to have it done immediately.”

    The Life of Marie de Medicis Pardoe, Julia 1890

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