drap·ery /ˈdrep(ə)ri/
幃帳,布料
Dra·per·y n.; pl. Draperies
1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay.
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.
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant.
All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke.
Casting of draperies. See under Casting.
The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.
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drapery
n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, mantle, pall]
2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds