Crossword clues for draperies
draperies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.]
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
--Bacon.-
Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery.
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A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art.
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Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off.
--Burke.Casting of draperies. See under Casting.
The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies.
--Fairholt.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of drapery English)
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Usage examples of "draperies".
A thin hand was extruded from the draperies and made a gesture toward breast and hidden face that could be interpreted as a salute of sorts.
Tiria took note of activity on the stage, the draperies billowing suddenly here and there from move ment behind them.
She bowed quickly to the assembly and took her place at the organ console, her back, with its pleated draperies, illuminated by the spotlight.
But she did find some dusty draperies of a heavy fabric, and wondering that they had been left untouched, she hauled three pairs down.
It was almost a travesty to have to use the draperies but once back in Eric's office, she asked him for something sharp to cut with and he provided her with a knife.
From a careless cotwife she had acquired the voluminous draperies worn by desert holders, contrived a suitable band to secure the headdress and conceal her sun-streaked blond hair, begrimed her face, and used charcoal to thicken her eyebrows, giving her a grimmer cast.
Stella had those draperies made in the double parlor, and now they're too old to be cleaned anymore.
Windowless this room, though there were white damask draperies hung here and there utterly concealing what might have been windows.
Sadly, distantly, she longed to see the room in the light, to see the carvings in the marble fireplaces, to see the long silk draperies for what they really were, to see the plaster medallions fixed to the high ceilings.
Looking at the high mirrors in their dark carved frames, and the dusty old Bozendorfer piano at the far end, and the draperies like long streaks of faded color in the gloom.
The draperies swayed again in a warm draft and both of the chandeliers of the double parlors danced in the shadows, full of splinters of white light, now that the fire had died and taken with it the colors.
She could actually hear him gathering, hear the pressure building, hear the draperies rustling as he moved against them, writhing and filling the room around her, and brushing against her cheeks and her hair.
The hot draft swept over her and over the bed, and the draperies ballooned for a moment, and the frost rose and turned white on the panes.
The draperies were all closed and the hallway was dark and hushed and warm.
Stella had those draperies made in the double parlor, and now they’re too old to be cleaned anymore.