drapery

Meaning

Noun

  • Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
  • A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
  • The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
  • Cloth, or woollen materials in general.

Origin

  • From Old French draperie, from drap, ultimately of Germanic origin.

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