drapery
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, heavy, purple, white
VERB + DRAPERY
measuring
DRAPERY + NOUN
front
PREP.
in, out, out
Definitions
noun
Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and fro, and the richly coloured fall of the draperies.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
He made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm
Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery
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6The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and
WiktionaryHe made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm
Wiktionarypeople who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery
WiktionaryThe white drapery does not blend with the black wall.
Tatoeba · #282564Purple drapery hung in front of the windows.
Tatoeba · #6907630The heavy velvet drapery blocked out all the sunlight from the old theater.
Tatoeba · #13562101