draperies

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draperies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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