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countable and uncountable, plural draperies
(uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds. examples
(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape. quotations examples
The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and fro, and the richly coloured fall of the draperies.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 306
The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. quotations examples
He made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm
1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret
Cloth, or woollen materials in general. quotations examples
people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery
1859, Thomas Macaulay, The Life of William Pitt