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noun
A curtain; a drapery.
The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
verb
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
to drape a bust, a building, etc.
The whole people were still draped professionally.
To spread over, cover.
I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.
I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.
To rail at; to banter.
1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs At my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money
To make cloth.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.