drapery

Plural: draperies

Noun

• Cloth hung in folds, especially curtains.
• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
• Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
• A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
• The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
• Cloth, or woollen materials in general.

Examples

• The elegant drapery of letters on the board concealed a powerful word.

Synonyms

curtain, drape, mantle, pall

Related Words

ale-drapery