Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.]

1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon.

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay.

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.

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant.

All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke.

Casting of draperies. See under Casting.

The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)