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.

Etymology: ME f. OF draper f. drap f. LL drappus cloth

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.