(draperies)
1.
You can refer to cloth, curtains, or clothing hanging in folds as ~ or draperies.
In the dining-room the draperies create an atmosphere of elegance.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
2.
Drapery is cloth that you buy in a shop. (BRIT; in AM, use dry goods )
My mother ran a couple of ~ shops.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n