Definitions for draperies

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draperies drap·er·y

Spelling: [drey-puh-ree]

IPA: /ˈdreɪ pə ri/

Draperies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 459 anagrams from letters in draperies (adeeiprrs).

Definitions for draperies

noun

1. coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
2. Often, draperies. long curtains, usually of heavy fabric and often designed to open and close across a window.
3. the draping or arranging of hangings, clothing, etc., in graceful folds.
4. Art. hangings, clothing, etc., as represented in sculpture or painting.
5. cloths or textile fabrics collectively.
6. British. dry goods. the stock, shop, or business of a draper.

Origin of draperies

1250-1300; Middle English draperie Old French, equivalent to drap cloth + -erie -ery

Examples for draperies

The position of the bed, the idea of the draperies all are parallel.

The light of the lamp, though shaded by the draperies, was thus opposite to him.

Once I gets him behind the draperies I shoots it at him straight.

She crossed the room in a graceful swirl of draperies, and laid a finger on the bell.

The curtains, carpets and draperies matched the tints of the ceiling and walls.

Softness, fragrance, draperies beneath which beat life and warmth.

There, half concealed by the draperies, he communed and reasoned with himself.

She parted the draperies and looked curiously into the room beyond.

She smiled at Francis as she spoke and rearranged her draperies coquettishly.

He walked over to a curtained doorway, and drew aside the draperies.