drape

See also: drapé, dråpe, and драпе

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -eɪp

Noun

drape (plural drapes)

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

Translations

curtain, drapery — see curtain

References

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

Verb

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

   to drape a bust, a building, etc.

   • (Can we date this quote by De Quincey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The whole people were draped professionally.

   • (Can we date this quote by Bungay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Temple to this entry?)

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

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: drapieren (de)
• Italian: drappeggiare, tappezzare (it)
• Portuguese: drapejar
• Spanish: cubrir (es), colocar (es), acomodar (es)
• Swedish: drapera (sv)

to rail at; to banter

• Finnish: hassutella (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to make cloth

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.

• Estonian: drapeerima
• Finnish: drapeerata
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: drapieren (de)
• Swedish: drapera (sv)

to hang or rest limpily

• Finnish: roikkua (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to spread over; to cover

• Bulgarian: обвивам (bg) (obvivam)
• Finnish: peittää (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: tappezzare (it)

Anagrams

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁap/

Verb

drape

1. first-person singular present indicative of draper
2. third-person singular present indicative of draper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of draper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of draper
5. second-person singular imperative of draper