drapery
/ˈdreɪp(ə)ri
/noun (plural draperies) [mass noun]
1Cloth, curtains, or clothing hanging in loose folds: the hall of the school was hung with green drapery...
- Naked areas are set off by ravishing textiles, and body parts, particularly, are often framed by gorgeously patterned and richly folded draperies.
- These draperies, of cream linen burlap, hang in her own West Vancouver home.
- There, it is a sharply bent elbow or a protruding knee that becomes a kind of fulcrum and guide for radiating and zigzagging patterns of wrinkles and folds in the draperies.
1.1The depiction of folds of cloth in sculpture or painting: the effigy is notable for its flowing drapery...
- The highly unusual drapery of the bronze statue in Milan is, we believe, fashioned in direct reference to this legend, tying the statue to this originary image.
- A view from her right, though hard to obtain, would reveal how the flowing drapery had reinforced her pointing gesture, which originally directed the viewer's attention toward the altar.
- The lower part of her mantle cascades in regular folds, but the hem represents a noticeable display of wind blown drapery.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'cloth, fabrics'): from Old French draperie, from drap 'cloth' (see draper).
Rhymes
- split-half
- split image
- split infinitive
- split-level
- split one's sides (also split a gut)
- split pea
- split-personality disorder
- split-phase
- split pin
- split-rail
- split ring
- split run
- split screen
- split second
- split shift
- split shot
- split stuff
- splitsville
- splitter
- split the difference
- split the ticket (or one's vote)
- split the vote
- split time
- splittism
- splittist