drapery B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #61435 Meanings 1 noun Long, heavy cloth hung in folds, especially as a curtain. Thick velvet drapery covered the tall windows. 2 noun Cloth arranged gracefully in loose folds. The statue's robe was carved to look like soft, flowing drapery. Thesaurus Word family Forms draperies Derived forms draperieddraperylike Related forms ale-drapery Etymology AI details From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin. draperie Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # drapery **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 61435 ## Meanings 1. Long, heavy cloth hung in folds, especially as a curtain. 2. Cloth arranged gracefully in loose folds. ## Examples - Thick velvet drapery covered the tall windows. - The statue's robe was carved to look like soft, flowing drapery. ## Derived Forms - draperied - draperylike ## Related Forms - ale-drapery ## Roots and Affixes - Root: draperie ## Etymology From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin. ## AI Etymology Drapery comes from Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin. In current use, the main senses are “Long, heavy cloth hung in folds, especially as a curtain” and “Cloth arranged gracefully in loose folds”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown