Plural of drapery

Forms of drapery

Draperies in a sentence

• The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.From the entry adornment
• Fustians were used for anything from draperies to dresses or upholstery to men’s waistcoats.2007, Susan M. Ouellette, “Flax from the Field, Cotton from the Sea”, in US Textile Production in Historical Perspective: A Case Study…. From the entry fustian
• The woman and the pony were posed before velvet draperies which were fringed with deedlee-balls.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC, page 35. From the entry deedlee ball
• But there is a fundamental difference between Greek and Gothic sculpture, despite the very similar treatment of draperies and the human form.1963, Hans Weigert, “[Introduction]”, in Peter Gorge, transl., edited by Harald Busch and Bernd Lohse, Gothic Sculpture (European…. From the entry psychocentric
• She put her hand on the arm of her careworn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet.1920, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love, New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, published 1996, page 14. From the entry sallow

Meaning of drapery

1. noun Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
2. noun A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
3. noun The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

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Questions about the plural of drapery

What is the plural of drapery?

The plural of drapery is draperies.

Is drapery countable?

Drapery is a countable and uncountable noun.