'Draperies' definitions:
Definition of 'Draperies'
From: GCIDE
- Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.]
- 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [1913 Webster]
- People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. [1913 Webster]
- Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Casting of draperies. See under Casting. [1913 Webster]
- The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]