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Draped   /dreɪpt/   Listen
verb
Drape  v. t.  (past & past part. draped; pres. part. draping)  
1.
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. "The whole people were draped professionally." "These starry blossoms, (of the snow) pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere".
2.
To rail at; to banter. (Obs.)


Drape  v. i.  
1.
To make cloth. (Obs.)
2.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.


adjective
draped  adj.  
1.
Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; as, a beam draped with cobwebs. Contrasted with uncovered.
Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped.
2.
Curtained; of windows; as, velvet-draped windows. Opposite of curtainless.





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"Draped" Quotes from Famous Books



... value your life." (Nothing more,—such advice might be given your wife Or your sweetheart, in times of bronchitis and cough, Without mystery, romance, or frivolous scoff.) But hark to the music: the dance has begun. The closely-draped windows wide open are flung; The notes of the piccolo, joyous and light, Like bubbles burst forth on the warm summer night. Round about go the dancers; in circles they fly; Trip, trip, go their feet as their skirts eddy by; And swifter and ...
— East and West - Poems • Bret Harte
... way in which Minna had arranged our new little flat in Zurich. She had bought a large and luxurious divan, several carpets for the floor and various dainty little luxuries, and in the back room my writing-table of common deal was covered with a green tablecloth and draped with soft green silk curtains, all of which my friends admired immensely. This table, at which I worked continually, travelled with me to Paris, and when I left that city I presented it to Blandine Ollivier, Liszt's elder daughter, who had it conveyed to the little country house at ...
— My Life, Volume II • Richard Wagner
... ascendancy over their rough natures. I said we quickly parted forever if I didn't do that. Then she clanked across to the couch, where she set down on her feet. I give her credit for that much judgment. That girl never did just plain set down. It was either on one foot or on both feet, or she draped herself along the furniture to show how willowy she could ...
— Ma Pettengill • Harry Leon Wilson
... Patriarch erected a pavilion in the Piazza de' Santi Apostoli for her entertainment.[4] The square was partitioned into chambers communicating with the palace of the Cardinal. The ordinary hangings were of velvet and of white and crimson silk, while one of the apartments was draped with the famous tapestries of Nicholas V., which represented the Creation of the World. All the utensils in this magic dwelling were of silver—even to the very vilest. The air of the banquet-hall was cooled with punkahs; ire mantici coperti, ...
— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds
... was like a summer hotel out of season. The owners had temporarily closed it; the windows were barred, the furniture and paintings draped in linen, a caretaker and a night- watchman were ...
— With the Allies • Richard Harding Davis


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