GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Drape (drāp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Draping (?).] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d Drab.]
1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, “to drape a bust, a building, etc.”
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The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey.
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These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,
Soft falling, falling, through the night,
Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay.
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2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
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draped adj.
1. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; as, “a beam draped with cobwebs”. Contrasted with uncovered.
Syn. -- cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped.
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2. curtained; -- of windows; as, “velvet-draped windows”. Opposite of curtainless.
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