Dictionary  drapePronunciation: (drāp), [key] —v., draped, drap•ing, —n. —v.t. 1. to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, esp. in graceful folds; adorn with drapery. 2. to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc. 3. to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly: Don't drape your feet over the chair! 4. Med., Surg.to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon). 5. (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete. 6. to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning. —v.i. to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery: This silk drapes well. —n. 1. a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, esp. either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally. 2. either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration. 3. manner or style of hanging: the drape of a skirt. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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