Synonyms for drapery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : drey-puh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdreɪ pə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for drapery Other synonyms for the word drapery
- apparel
- arras
- array
- attire
- blind
- caparison
- civvies
- clothes
- costume
- covering
- dosser
- drag
- drapery
- dress
- duds
- ensemble
- equipment
- feathers
- film
- finery
- frippery
- frock
- full feather
- garb
- garments
- gear
- get-up
- getup
- glad rags
- habiliment
- habit
- hand-me-downs
- hanging
- jalousie
- livery
- mufti
- oleo
- outfit
- overclothes
- panoply
- portiere
- rag
- rags
- raiment
- regalia
- rig
- rigging
- robe
- roller
- sack
- shield
- sportswear
- suit
- Sunday best
- tailleur
- tatters
- things
- threads
- tog
- toggery
- togs
- tout ensemble
- trapping
- trappings
- trousseau
- underclothes
- valance
- Venetian blind
- vestment
- vesture
- vines
- wardrobe
- wear
- weeds
- zoot suit
Définition of drapery
Origin :- early 14c., "cloth, textiles," from Old French draperie (12c.) "weaving, cloth-making, clothes shop," from drap (see drape (n.)). From late 14c. as "place where cloth is made; cloth market." Meaning "stuff with which something is draped" is 1680s.
- As in clothing : noun attire
- As in tapestry : noun curtain
- As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
- As in curtain : noun window covering
- As in apparel : noun clothing; covering
- She asked to see it, and I wheeled out the easel and threw the drapery back.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- Drawings of a male body, a female body, and a piece of drapery.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Steps were heard in the gallery—the drapery at the door was agitated.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- The artist was working on a picture of a nude Bacchante sprawled on some drapery.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- She arose, and with a grand sweep of her drapery, moved toward the door.
- Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
- Amy saw him coming, and drawing the drapery on one side, smiled at him.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- Her style was "sylph," and so she was gauzy and floating in all her drapery.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- Mr. Knight wished Tom to go into the drapery, but Tom would not.
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- It was beyond the verge of the horizons of the drapery trade.
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- They showed the beauties of the female form not apart from, but by the help of, drapery.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
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