draper

n.; pl. Draperies [ F. draperie. ] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 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. See under Casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]