DRAPE

Source: 566, 567

drape. Drape, v.i. to make cloth, ob.

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Drape (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Draping (?).] [[F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d Drab.]] 1. 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey. These starry blossoms, pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay. 2. 2. To rail at; to banter. Sir W. Temple.