n.;
n.;
People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Casting of draperies.
The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. japerie a yelping. ] Jesting; buffoonery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Like paper; having the thinness or consistency of paper. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]