drapery
Cloth draped gracefully in foldsCloth draped gracefully in folds.
» Purple drapery hung in front of the windows.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
(countable)A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
Vorhang
(countable, uncountable)The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
(countable, uncountable)Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
Examples
3 sentencesPurple drapery hung in front of the windows.
The white drapery does not blend with the black wall.
The heavy velvet drapery blocked out all the sunlight from the old theater.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large clFrom Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.
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Forms
plural: draperiesSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable