Definitions

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  • noun That which drapes.
  • noun Material used as a drape.
  • verb Present participle of drape.

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Examples

  • Lifting the heavy Puritan curtain draping Bush's Washington reveals enlightening scenes of its decadent anthropology.

    02/17/2005 2005

  • Scarfs, you may believe me, are a boon to painters, and had you used them you would have acquired good taste in draping, in which you are deficient.

    Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun 1903

  • The other test was based on skills of "draping" -- using fondant to make a cloth-like covering for the cake.

    Matt's Sports Attack 2010

  • I suppose the fabric cake could be considered draping, which is the 'art' of creating a dress without a pattern, just draping the fabric across the model until it forms a dress and sewing/stitching from there.

    Sunday Sweets: Gettin' Crafty 2010

  • The draping is a free-for-all you decorate after the dress sample has been constructed, I think.p.s. that waistline definition is all in the right corset, shell need a tight grosgrain ribbon in there to keep it defined. no cake eating for her!

    Ava and Lana BFF - A Dress A Day 2009

  • There is a way of designing called "draping" that you can learn, if you want to create beautiful clothing.

    The Rose Garden 2009

  • The casual Jesus pose immediately made me think of what you said about the Captain "draping" himself on everything.

    Recover'd Greenness Fresca 2010

  • In some areas of the Alps, ski resorts set atop glaciers have taken drastic measures to stave off the decline, such as draping glaciers in plastic sheeting to keep them cooler.

    Brownsville Herald : By MATTHEW BROWN/The Associated Press 2010

  • In some areas of the Alps, ski resorts set atop glaciers have taken drastic measures to stave off the decline, such as draping glaciers in plastic sheeting to keep them cooler.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • The oil is not "draping" across the bottom, but is spread out in "small, unevenly distributed droplets," the report states.

    Signs of the Times 2010

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