draped

drape  (drp)

v. draped, drap·ing, drapes

v.tr.

1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. See Synonyms at clothe.

2. To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.

3. To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.

v.intr.

To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.

n.

1. A drapery; a curtain.

2. A cloth arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area being examined or treated or around the operative incision.

3. The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.

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[Middle English drapen, to weave, from Old French draper, from drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	draped - covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" mantled, wrapped, cloaked, clothed covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
	2.	draped - covered in folds of cloth; "velvet-draped windows" curtained - furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; "a curtained alcove"