drapery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drapery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for drapery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drapery n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonym(s): curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drapery \Dra"pery\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon. 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay. 3. 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. Like one that wraps the drapery* of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke. {Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.