DRAPES

Noun

drapes

plural of drape

Noun

drapes pl (plural only)

Heavy cloth hung over a window.

Synonyms

• curtains

Verb

drapes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drape

Anagrams

• Padres, Persad, dreaps, padres, parsed, rasped, repads, spader, spared, spread

Source: Wiktionary


DRAPE

Drape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draped; p. pr. & vb. n. Draping.] Etym: [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.

Drape, v. i.

1. To make cloth. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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