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Draped

adjective

Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped. "Fog-cloaked meadows" , "A beam draped with cobwebs" , "Cloud-wrapped peaks"

Covered in folds of cloth.

Drape

verb

(past & past part. draped; pres. part. draping)

Arrange in a particular way.

Place casually.

Cover as if with clothing. Synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe.

Cover or dress loosely with cloth.

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"Draped" Quotes from Famous Books

... He was draped as before in his long native garment—and this, though it hung in tatters, hampered his movements, and must have placed him at a hopeless disadvantage even had he not been completely outmatched in ...

— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell

... Kirk began to fear that something had happened to the musicians. He edged closer to the door and searched out Chiquita with his eyes. There she was, seated with her father, Colonel Bland from Gatun, and some high officer or other—probably an admiral. Ramon Alfarez was draped artistically over the back of her chair, curling his mustache tenderly and ...

— The Ne'er-Do-Well • Rex Beach

... simple apparel added a note of flashing color. The long cloths wrapped about their hips, and brought up and about the waist where the ends hung free, were brilliant with countless variations of crimson and blue and gold. The same rainbow hues were found in the loose folded cloths that draped themselves like short skirts from the women's waists. Here and there, in the sea of white bodies and scintillant jeweled breast-plates, was one with an additional flash of color, where brilliant silken scarves had been thrown about the shoulders ...

— Two Thousand Miles Below • Charles Willard Diffin

... in front of desk and sofa bear skins had been added as a double protection against the cold. The furniture was modern upholstery, with gay chintz slip-covers. Frilled muslin curtains were crossed over and draped high under outer ones of chintz. And everywhere there were flowers—roses, orange blossoms, and camellias; in tall jars and short, on every available piece of furniture. Scarcely less in evidence were photographs, ...

— The Title Market • Emily Post

... a quick peevishness, then broke off as he realized my teasing and with a pout of his withered lips draped my new sable cloak upon a chair-back. "Eight hundred ducats," he sneered. "A thousand goats and a hundred fat oxen in a coat to keep you warm. A score of farms on my ...

— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London

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