drape

See also: drapé, dråpe, and драпе

English

Etymology

From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɹeɪp/

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• Rhymes: -eɪp

Noun

drape (plural drapes)

1. A curtain; a drapery.
2. (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
3. (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
4. A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.

Derived terms

• grand drape
• main drape

 

Related terms

• drapes

Translations

curtain, drapery — see curtain

References

• Time.com: MANNERS & MORALS: The Drapes [1]

Verb

drape (third-person singular simple present drapes, present participle draping, simple past and past participle draped)

1. (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.

   to drape a bust, a building, etc.

   • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Theory of Greek Tragedy:

     The whole people were still draped professionally.

   • a. 1892, George Washington Bungay, The Artists of the Air

     These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.
2. (transitive) To spread over, cover.

   I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.

3. To rail at; to banter.
   • 1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs

     At my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money

4. To make cloth.
5. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
6. To hang or rest limply.

Derived terms

• drape off

Translations

to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery

• Bulgarian: драпирам (drapiram)
• Dutch: bekleden (nl)
• Estonian: drapeerima
• Finnish: peittää (fi), drapeerata
• French: draper (fr)
• German: drapieren (de)
• Italian: drappeggiare, tappezzare (it)
• Portuguese: drapejar
• Romanian: drapa (ro)
• Spanish: cubrir (es), colocar (es), acomodar (es)
• Swedish: drapera (sv)
• Ukrainian: драпірувати (drapiruvaty)

To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing

• Maori: tiepa

to rail at; to banter

• Finnish: hassutella (fi)

to make cloth

to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.

• Estonian: drapeerima
• Finnish: drapeerata
• German: drapieren (de)
• Swedish: drapera (sv)

to hang or rest limpily

• Finnish: roikkua (fi)
• Maori: tiepa
• Ukrainian: завішувати (zavišuvaty), висіти (vysity)

to spread over; to cover

• Bulgarian: обвивам (bg) (obvivam)
• Finnish: peittää (fi)
• Italian: tappezzare (it)
• Ukrainian: вкривати (vkryvaty), вкриватися (vkryvatysja), покривати (pokryvaty), загортатися (zahortatysja)

Anagrams

• Padre, dreap, padre, pared, raped, repad

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁap/

Verb

drape

1. inflection of draper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Alternative forms

• dape

Etymology

From *dra (from Dutch daar) + pe.

Adverb

drape

1. there