DRAPERY


Meaning of DRAPERY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. clothing or hangings arranged in folds.

2 (often in pl.) a curtain or hanging.

3 Brit. cloth; textile fabrics.

4 Brit. the trade of a draper.

5 the arrangement of clothing in sculpture or painting.

Etymology: ME f. OF draperie f. drap cloth

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.