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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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  1. a long thick curtain
    • blue velvet drapes
    Topics Houses and homesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • 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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