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# drapery

«drapery» in Mova's school dictionary: **cloth that hangs down in soft folds, such as curtains or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (drapery, draperies)

### meaning for a pupil

cloth that hangs down in soft folds, such as curtains or long robes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drapery/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories the soft cloth that covers a figure or hangs at a window

### examples

- The lady wore a robe of soft drapery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drapery/#x1)
- Heavy red drapery hung over the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drapery/#x2)
- The statue was hidden under folds of drapery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drapery/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drapery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drapery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.