drape

Drape is defined as to cover or hang something with cloth, or to arrange cloth to fall in folds.

(verb)

An example of drape is to put a light shawl over your shoulders.

The definition of a drape is a cloth that hangs loosely or in folds.

(noun)

An example of a drape is a curtain.

See drape in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb draped, draping

Origin: ME drapen, to weave into cloth, drape < OFr draper < drap: see drab

intransitive verb

to hang or fall in folds, as a garment, cloth, etc.

noun

1. cloth hanging in loose folds, or hanging loosely from the thing that it covers: a surgical drape
2. a heavy curtain that hangs in loose folds; esp., either of a pair of such curtains
the manner in which cloth hangs or is cut to hang, as in a garment

Origin: Fr drap, cloth

See drape in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb draped draped, drap·ing, drapes

verb, transitive

To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. See Synonyms at clothe.
To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.
To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.

verb, intransitive

To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.

noun

A drapery; a curtain.
A cloth arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area being examined or treated or around the operative incision.
The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English drapen, to weave

Origin: , from Old French draper

Origin: , from drap, cloth

Origin: , from Late Latin drappus

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