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drape

noun
/dɹeɪp/

Etymology

From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.

  1. derived from *dʰreb-✻
  2. derived from *drēpiz✻
  3. derived from *drapiz✻
  4. derived from drappus
  5. derived from draper
  6. inherited from drape

Definitions

  1. A curtain

    A curtain; a drapery.

  2. The way in which fabric falls or hangs.

    • The herringbone-twill sample is soft and smooth, with an easy drape that allows the fabric to move beautifully.

  3. A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants…

    A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted…

      A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.

    2. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.

      • to drape a bust, a building, etc.
      • The whole people were still draped professionally.
      • These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.

    3. To spread over, cover.

      • I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.
      • I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.

    4. To rail at

      To rail at; to banter.

      • 1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs At my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money

    5. To make cloth.

    6. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

    7. To hang or rest limply.

      • I draped myself elegantly over the couch.

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Derived

bedrape, drapeless, drapelike, drapey, grand drape, main drape, drapability, drapeable, drape off, misdrape, overdrape, redrape, undrape

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA