Etymology

drapery

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Today it means: Cloth draped gracefully in folds. Full definition →

Middle English draperie ← Old French draperie
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  1. Old French · derived fromdraperie
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdraperie
  3. English todaydrapery

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

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