Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: drapery
IPA transcription: [dɹ'eɪpɚi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
    Meaning: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Usage examples
  • Among them was a large white drapery, which she easily disposed as a shroud.
  • At length the door stood open, and Mr Fledgeby's retreating drapery plunged into bed again.
  • The sky was grey, but that made little difference in the Piazza del Duomo, which was covered with its holiday sky of blue drapery, and its constellations of yellow lilies and coats of arms.
  • Whereabout in the bonnet and drapery announced by her name, any fragment of the real woman may be concealed, is perhaps known to her maid; but you could easily buy all you see of her, in Bond Street; or you might scalp her, and peel her, and scrape her, and make two Lady Tippinses out of her, and yet not penetrate to the genuine article.