Found 2 items, similar to Drapery.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: drapery drapery n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, mantle, pall] 2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
English → English (gcide) Definition: Drapery Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [1913 Webster] People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. [1913 Webster] All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Casting of draperies. See under Casting. [1913 Webster] The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]