Drapery

Definitions

1. Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
   uncountable
2. A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
   countable
3. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
   countable, uncountable
4. Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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

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

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