drape
(drāp)
[Middle English drapen, to weave, from Old French draper, from drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.]
verb: draped, drap·ing, drapes.
transitive verb
- To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. See synonyms at clothe
- To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.
- To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.
intransitive verb
- To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.
noun
- A drapery; a curtain.
- A cloth arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area being examined or treated or around the operative incision.
- The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.
