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Definition of drapery:
- A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: ( a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. ( b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
- Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
- The occupation of a draper; cloth- making, or dealing in cloth.
Synonyms:
cape, curtain, mantel, drape, pall, blanket, cerement, shroud, winding-sheet, mantle, pallium, mantelpiece, winding-clothes, chill, chimneypiece, mantlepiece.
Usage examples:
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I could shut off some of the light, and I don't suppose they'd mind my making it an un- Drapery Establishment sometimes.
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The breath and flavor of this suspicion floated in every drapery, swam in the faint perfume which filled the place.
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And now there came the ghost of a sound from beyond the patch, then a glimpse of drapery, and I beheld again the subject of my thoughts.