drapery

English

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drapery

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) draperie, from (deprecated template usage) drap, ultmately of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

drapery (countable and uncountable, plural draperies)

(deprecated template usage) (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
(deprecated template usage) (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
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Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
- Macaulay
  people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery

Translations

uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds

Irish: éadaitheoireacht f
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countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain

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Translations to be checked

(deprecated template usage) Bulgarian: драперия (bg) (draperie)
(deprecated template usage) Esperanto: drapiro