v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Draped p. pr. & vb. n. Draping ] [ F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d Drab. ] 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

These starry blossoms, [ of the snow ] pure and white,
Soft falling, falling, through the night,
Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rail at; to banter. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make cloth. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; as, a beam draped with cobwebs. Contrasted with uncovered.
Syn. -- cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. curtained; -- of windows; as, velvet-draped windows. Opposite of curtainless. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. drapier. ] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Draperies [ F. draperie. ] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies. See under Casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of drap. ] Cloth. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]