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drape

noun [C or U]
 
 
/dreɪp/

Definition

the way in which cloth folds or hangs as it covers something: She liked the heavy drape of velvet.The style, appearance, and make-up of clothes drapes [plural] (also draperies) US heavy curtains made with thick clothCurtains and wallpaper
(Definition of drape noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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