drape : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drape	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for drape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drape n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonym(s): curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination v arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth" place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" Synonym(s): clothe, cloak, drape, robe cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drape \Drape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Draped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Draping}.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d {Drab}.] 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. The whole people were draped professionally. --De Quincey. These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. --Bungay. 2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drape \Drape\, v. i. 1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.