drapery

drapery
    n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
         [syn: {curtain}, {drape}, {drapery}, {mantle}, {pall}]
    2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
    

Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.]
   1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in
      cloth. --Bacon.
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   2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
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            People who ought to be weighing out grocery or
            measuring out drapery.                --Macaulay.
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   3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially
      when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
      (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the
          body, or shown in the representations of the human
          figure in art.
      (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
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                Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
                About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                                  --Bryant.
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                All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely
                torn off.                         --Burke.
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   {Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}.
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            The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most
            important of an artist's studies.     --Fairholt.
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180 Moby Thesaurus words for "drapery":
      aglet, aigrette, apparel, applique, arabesque, arras, array,
      attire, awning, batik, beach umbrella, beading, beaten work,
      bedizenment, blanket, blind, bob, bouquet, boutonniere, bow, bugle,
      chandelier, chaplet, cloak, cloth, clothes, clothing, coat,
      coattail, coronal, corsage, costume, cover, coverage, covering,
      covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, crown, curtain, cuspidation,
      cutwork, damascene, damask, diaper, diapering, drape, dress,
      dressing, drop, duds, earring, egret, embroidery, epaulet, etoffe,
      fabric, fancywork, fashion, fatigues, feather, feathers, felt,
      festoon, fig, filigree, fillet, finial, flap, foliage, foliation,
      fretwork, fringe, frog, garb, garland, garments, gear, goods,
      guise, habiliment, habit, hammock, hanging, helix, hood, housing,
      icicle, imbrication, inlay, investiture, investment, lace,
      lacework, lappet, light shield, linen, mantle, mask, material,
      metalwork, motif, napery, nosegay, openwork, pall, panache,
      panelwork, parasol, parquetry, pendulum, pigtail, plumb bob, plume,
      pom-pom, posy, queue, quilting, rag, rags, raiment, robes, rosette,
      ruffle, screen, scroll, sequin, shade, shader, shadow, shelter,
      shield, shroud, silk, skirt, snood, spangle, spiral, sportswear,
      stalactite, striping, stuff, style, sunblind, sunshade, swing,
      tail, tailpiece, tapestry, tassel, textile, textile fabric,
      texture, threads, tippet, tissu, tissue, togs, toilette, tooling,
      tracery, trail, train, trim, umbrella, valance, veil, vestment,
      vesture, vignette, wattle, wear, wearing apparel, weave, web, weft,
      woof, wool, wreath