drape
A curtain; a draperyA curtain; a drapery.
» Does your carpet match your drapes?
Passt Ihr Teppich zu Ihren Vorhängen? — carlosalberto
Твой ковёр подходит к шторам? — carlosalberto
У тебя ковёр подходит к шторам? — carlosalberto
Чи підходить твій килим до штор? — DemonicSatori
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4 sensesA curtain; a drapery.
The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
the manner in which fabric hangs or falls
(US)A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
Examples
36 sentencesDoes your carpet match your drapes?
Чи підходить твій килим до штор? — DemonicSatori
ruТвой ковёр подходит к шторам? — carlosalberto
dePasst Ihr Teppich zu Ihren Vorhängen? — carlosalberto
Please close the drapes.
Будь ласка, закрий штори. — deniko
ruЗакрой шторы, пожалуйста. — marafon
Open the drapes.
Розчахни штори. — aandrusiak
ruОткрой шторы. — paul_lingvo
Can you close the drapes?
Можеш закрити штори? — deniko
ruМожешь закрыть шторы? — marafon
deKönntest du die Vorhänge zuziehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The carpet clashes with the drapes.
deDer Teppich beißt sich mit den Vorhängen. — Waldelfe
Origin
From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full clFrom Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.
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