2. Noun. Material used as a drape. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of drape) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Draping
1. drape [v] - See also: drape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draping
Literary usage of Draping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"... seam come through the center of the under side of the sleeve so that at the
bottom it will follow the line of the dart, FIG. 82.—draping mousquetaire ..."
2. Dressmaking: A Manual for Schools and Colleges by Jane Fales (1917)
"... VII PATTERN-DESIGNING AND draping Designing involves not only good technique
but a knowledge of textiles and their manufacture; of historic costume, ..."
3. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... then draping up his comrade. After a while they reached tir place appointed
by the b'ly (not far distant), ami had been there buta few momenta when she ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"Beauty of form, concord in composition, harmony in colour, constitute the perfect
painting, and a figure will be faultless in draping when brought into like ..."
5. Principles of surgical nursing: A Guide to Modern Surgical Technic by Frederick Cook Warnshuis (1918)
"draping THE FIELD The operative field having been rendered sterile, the patient
is nov ready for draping with sterile sheets and towels, which are so placed ..."
6. Surgical and Gynaecological Nursing by Edward Mason Parker, Scott Dudley Breckinridge (1921)
"draping of Patient for Examination.—For the combined gynaecological examination,
the dorsal position is the usual one. After the corsets have been removed ..."
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