drapery (redirected from draperies)

drap·er·y  (drp-r)

n. pl. drap·er·ies

1. Cloth or clothing gracefully arranged in loose folds.

2. A piece or pieces of heavy fabric hanging straight in loose folds, used as a curtain.

3. Cloth; fabric.

4. Chiefly British The business of a draper.

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drapery

Noun

pl -peries

1. fabric or clothing arranged and draped

2. fabrics and cloth collectively

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drapery - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) curtain, drape, pall, mantle screen, blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" drop cloth, drop curtain, drop - a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery eyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar festoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves frontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altar furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway shower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area theater curtain, theatre curtain - a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
	2.	drapery - cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"