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drapery noun [ ˈdreɪp(ə)ri ]

• cloth, curtains, or clothing hanging in loose folds.
• "the hall of the school was hung with green drapery"
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘cloth, fabrics’): from Old French draperie, from drap ‘cloth’ (see draper).


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