drapery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   hanging cloth used as a blind, especially for a window

   What do you think of this floral drapery?

2. 2
   noun

   A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.

   The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and fro, and the richly coloured fall of the draperies.

3. 3
   noun

   The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

   He made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm

4. 4
   noun

   Cloth, or woollen materials in general.

   people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery

5. 5
   noun

   cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds

6. 6
   noun

   Cloth draped gracefully in folds.

Etymology

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