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Definition of drape noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drape

noun

/dreɪp/

/dreɪp/

(especially North American English)

(North American English also drapery)

[usually plural]

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a long thick curtain
- blue velvet drapes
Topics Houses and homesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- thick
- floral
- …
verb + drape
- close
- draw
- pull
- …
drape + verb
- hang
- cover
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: back-formation from drapery, influenced by French draper ‘to drape’. The noun senses date from the early 20th cent.

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