drape (dr p)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. [Middle English drapen, to weave, from Old French draper, from drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.] |
drapes [dreɪps], draperies [ˈdreɪpərɪz]
pl n Chiefly US and Canadian
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) curtains, esp ones of heavy fabric
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