v. t.
The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
These starry blossoms, [ of the snow ] pure and white,
Soft falling, falling, through the night,
Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
adj.
n. [ F. drapier. ] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths;
a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Casting of draperies.
The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim. of drap. ] Cloth. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]