drapery
Meanings
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.
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Etymology
From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.
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