drapery

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  2. noun cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds

Etymology

From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.

In classic literature

Synonyms

curtain, drape, mantle, pall

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