drape

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drape/dreɪp/

▶verb arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely on or round something.

■ adorn or wrap loosely with folds of cloth.

▶noun

• 1 (drapes) chiefly N. Amer. long curtains.

• 2 the way in which a garment or fabric hangs.

• 3 a cloth for covering a patient's body when a surgical operation is being performed.

– origin C17: back-form. from drapery, influenced by Fr. draper ‘to drape’.