drape

Etymology
From, from , from , from , , a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from , from and , both from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1) A curtain; a drapery.
 * 2)  The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
 * 3)  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.

Verb

 * 1)  To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
 * 2)  To spread over, cover.
 * 3) To rail at; to banter.
 * 4) * 1672-679,, Memoirs
 * At my Arrival, the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money
 * 1) To make cloth.
 * 2) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
 * 3) To hang or rest limply.
 * 1) * 1672-679,, Memoirs
 * At my Arrival, the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money
 * 1) To make cloth.
 * 2) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
 * 3) To hang or rest limply.

Derived terms

 * drape off

Translations

 * Bulgarian: драпирам
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: drapeerima
 * Finnish:, drapeerata
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: drappeggiare,
 * Portuguese: drapejar
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: драпірувати


 * Maori: tiepa


 * Finnish:


 * Estonian: drapeerima
 * Finnish: drapeerata
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Maori: tiepa
 * Ukrainian: завішувати, висіти


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Ukrainian: вкривати, вкриватися, покривати, загортатися

Etymology
From *dra (from ) +.

Adverb

 * 1) there