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That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural. Nor purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden.

will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives. Sir W. Draper.

A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition. -- Lay race, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in weaving; -- called also shuttle race.

Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen. Linen draper, a dealer in linen. -- Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics. -- Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of…

A dealer in linen; a linen draper. [Obs.]

The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. [Obs.] Beck (Draper's Dict.).

s to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.).

Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. Dryden. Deep mourning. See under Deep.

es. [R.] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.

Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.

That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense. There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudit…

An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.

A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. Beck (Draper's Dict.)

t fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison.

lace in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.

lanking an ancient Egyptian gateway. Massive pylons adorned with obelisks in front. J. W. Draper.

To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. Sabled all in black the shady sky. G. Fletcher.

mooth and prim. They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.