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Definition of Drape
1. Verb. Arrange in a particular way. "Drape a cloth"
2. Noun. Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).
Generic synonyms: Blind, Screen, Furnishing
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Drop Cloth, Drop Curtain, Festoon, Frontal, Portiere, Shower Curtain, Theater Curtain, Theatre Curtain
Terms within: Eyehole, Eyelet
Derivative terms: Curtain, Pall
3. Verb. Place casually. "The cat draped herself on the sofa"
4. Noun. The manner in which fabric hangs or falls. "She adjusted the drape of her skirt"
5. Verb. Cover as if with clothing. "The mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
6. Noun. A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination.
7. Verb. Cover or dress loosely with cloth. "Drape the statue with a sheet"
Definition of Drape
1. v. t. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
2. v. i. To make cloth.
Definition of Drape
1. Noun. (U.K.) A curtain, a drapery. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) See drapes. ¹
3. Noun. (American English) A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square ¹
4. Verb. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. ¹
5. Verb. To rail at; to banter. ¹
6. Verb. To make cloth. ¹
7. Verb. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. ¹
8. Verb. To hang or rest limply ¹
9. Verb. To spread over, cover. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drape
1. to arrange in graceful folds [v DRAPED, DRAPING, DRAPES] : DRAPABLE [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drape
Literary usage of Drape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"the war hatchet, and even to drape our American pulpits and cover the tables at
the communion of our Lord, as in Dr Osgood's church, New York, ..."
2. Recollections Grave and Gay by Burton Harrison (1911)
"I noticed they had removed from the library railings all the captured Federal
banners with which we had been able abundantly to drape them. ..."
3. The Journals of Washington Irving (Hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"Found the carps diplomatique have been worried these four days past with the
question whether they should drape their carriages. The ambassadors intended to ..."
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