DRAPE


Meaning of DRAPE in English

v. & n.

v.tr. 1 hang, cover loosely, or adorn with cloth etc. 2 arrange (clothes or hangings) carefully in folds.

n. 1 (often in pl.) a curtain or drapery. 2 a piece of drapery. 3 the way in which a garment or fabric hangs.

[ ME f. OF draper f. drap f. LL drappus cloth ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.