drapery

Found in thesaurus: screen, blind, furnishing, fabric, cloth, material, textile

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drapery
n. cloth; fabric used for curtains

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Drapery
Drapery is a general word referring to cloths or textiles (Old French , 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.

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drapery

Noun
1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(synonym) curtain, drape, mantle, pall
(hypernym) blind, screen
(hyponym) drop curtain, drop cloth, drop
2. cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
(derivation) drape


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Drapery
(n.)
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
  
 
(n.)
Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
  
 
(n.)
A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
  

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drapery
n.
1. clothmking
کپڑے بنانے کا پيشہ
2. cloth
کپڑا, جامہ, پارچہ
drapery establishment
کپڑے کي دکان