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drapery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | curtain, drape, mantle, pall |
| Type of | blind, furnishing, screen |
| Has types | shower curtain, theatre curtain, drop, drop cloth, drop curtain, festoon, frontal, portiere, theater curtain |
Examples of drapery
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Pull back drapery, turn on the hallway sconces and update wattages on dim bulbs.
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Charity and fellowship are the cultural drapery atop the iron logic of nature.
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If you want total darkness, opt for black-out blinds or heavy drapery, Craig says.
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Behind fireplaces are what appear to be four phone booths with drapery doors.
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Customers will soon be able to design rugs, drapery, kitchen cabinets and fixtures.
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Her face, shaded by a drapery of dove blue, was as fair as sculptured marble.
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In heraldry, mantling or lambrequin is drapery tied to the helmet above the shield.
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Through the faded drapery I looked over the rooftops of the nearby buildings.
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The strange brocade tunics worn at the ball suggested a closeout on drapery fabrics.
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- Curtain: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- Cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
- Drapery is a general word referring to cloths or textiles (Old French drap, from Late Latin drappus). It may refer to cloth used for decorative purposes - such as around windows - or to the trade of retailing cloth, originally mostly for clothing, formerly conducted by drapers.
- A curtain (sometimes known as a drape, mainly in the United States) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or drafts, or water in the case of a shower curtain. A curtain is also the movable screen or drape in a theater that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.
- Cloth draped gracefully in folds; A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape
- (Draperies) Soft goods that aren't curtains or drops.
- The painting on glass that defines the drapery robes of figures, usually Biblical.
- A curtain or hanging, often arranged in folds top
- Today this term is used generically to describe the fabric panels used to dress windows. However, its origin goes way back...
