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DRAPE
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Old French drap ‘cloth’.
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n.
A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
v. t.
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.
v. i.
To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.
n.
Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
n.
The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
v. t.
To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
a.
Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.
v. t.
To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
pl.
of Drapery
v. t.
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
v. t.
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
n.
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
imp. & p. p.
of Drape
a.
Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery.
a.
Covered or supplied with drapery.
a.
Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.
n.
A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.
v. i.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
n.
One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
n.
A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.