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What does drapery mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word drapery? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
  2. (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
  3. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
  4. Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
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There flows a ruddier light through the blood-colored panes, and the blackness of the sable drapery appalls.
Many of the large drapery shops have closed and instead a large number of boutiques have opened offering specialised merchandise.
A sheer, a see-through or sheer fabric usually used as an inner drapery, gives a softening effect to window treatment.
The stage is stripped of drapery, and lighting battens at various heights form a sloped canopy overhead.
He wore a breastplate and leg armour, as well as the expensive, linen drapery around his body.
This mother of seven was widowed just after arrival in one of the First Four Ships, and supported the family by opening a small drapery business.

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