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▪ I. drape, v.1|dreɪp|
[a. F. drape-r to weave, drape (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. drap cloth.]
†1. trans. To weave or make into cloth. Obs.
1436Libel of Eng. Pol. in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 162 Spayneshe wolle in Fflaundres draped [v.r. draperd] is. Ibid., By drapinge [v.r. drapryng] of oure wolle in substaunce Lyvene here comons. a1657Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scot. (1824–5) II. 97 All the wooll that was not drapped and made vsse off within the kingdome. 1683Brit. Spec. 18 Flanders doth drape Cloth for thee of thine own Wool.
absol.1538Leland Itin., Baillies Sun now drapeth yn the Toun. 1622Bacon Hen. VII, 76 That the Clothier might drape accordingly as he might affoord.
2. To cover with, or as with, cloth or drapery; to hang, dress, or adorn with drapery.
1847Tennyson Princ. v. 54 Like some sweet sculpture draped from head to foot. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, The walls were draped with silken hangings. 1853C. Brontë Villette xxiii, She stood, not dressed, but draped in pale antique folds. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vi. 146 A red gown draped with old Spanish lace.
transf. and fig.1872Liddon Elem. Relig. ii. 63 Draped and veiled in a phraseology so reverent and tender. 1884W. C. Smith Kildrostan 50 Abbey walls Draped with pale lichens. 1894Froude Erasmus vii. 120 Draped in solemn inanities.
3. To arrange or adjust (clothing, hangings, etc.) in graceful or artistic folds. Also intr. for refl.
1862Macm. Mag. Apr. 523 Light material that will fall around and drape itself about the figure. 1894A. St. Aubyn Orchard Damerel II. ii. 59 The curtains would not ‘drape’ artistically.
†4. To reprimand. [cf. dress v. So in obs. F.]
1683Temple Mem. Wks. 1731 I. 449 Draping us for spending him so much Money, and doing nothing.
5. To place (oneself) against or on an object or another person, esp. in drunken unsteadiness. colloq.
1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 28 Draped, the worse for drink—hanging on to lamp-posts or one's friend, i.e. draped around anything available. 1958E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. i. 29 The lamp-post against which I was limply draped. 1959Punch 9 Dec. 559/1 Paul Drake comes in and drapes himself across the arm of an over-stuffed chair. 1960Times 4 Mar. 8/1 He..draped himself round a Belisha Beacon in a thoroughly drunken fashion.
Hence draped ppl. a.
1846Ellis Elgin Marb. II. 9 Draped figures. Mod. Is the skirt plain or draped?
Add:[2.] b. spec. in Surg. To cover (a patient, operating table, etc.) with a drape or drapes.
1916Parker & Breckinridge Surgical & Gynecol. Nursing xxvii. 355 The legs are then draped with the sheet. 1939Wiener & Alvis Surg. Eye iv. 42 The patient is then draped so as to leave only the eye exposed.
▪ II. drape, v.2 north. dial.
[Goes with drape n.2]
trans. To cull, to draft.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 72 When the worst of the flocke are drawne out, the shepheards call this drapinge out of sheepe, and some drape out a score..by reason of theire age.
▪ III. drape, n.1|dreɪp|
[f. F. drap cloth, and drape v.1]
a. Cloth, drapery.
b. Draping.
1665J. Wilson Projectors v. Dram. Wks. (1874) 271 My new drape. 1757Dyer Fleece 107 Each glossy cloth, and drape of mantle warm. 1889Pall Mall G. 27 Feb. 4/3 A dress..of pale blue velvet, with long flowing drape of white tulle.
c. pl. Curtains. Chiefly N. Amer.
[1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 13/1 Drapery Silk... Suitable for throws, sash curtains, mantel drapes, etc.] 1908Sears, Roebuck Catal. 885/2 A strong, well made Nottingham Lace Curtain,..one of the most stylish and attractive drapes one could possibly desire for the parlor window. 1934J. T. Farrell Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1936) ii. xviii. 373 He looked at a rose-green pottery lamp set on the table near the heavy blue velvet drapes. 1936J. G. Cozzens Men & Brethren i. 117 The long drapes drawn together across the front windows. 1952Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 65 Drapes, curtains of velvet or fabric used in place of scenery in revues or in repertory productions in ‘Little’ theatres. 1962Listener 2 Aug. 191/1 In America..they [sc. Venetian blinds] are frequently used with unlined ‘drapes’ (at the side of the window only). 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 49/4 (Advt.), Drapes for sunroom and house. 1970New Scientist 7 May 269/1 The cost of moving (including items such as legal fees, new drapes, etc) is {pstlg}500.
d. A suit of clothes. slang (orig. U.S.). Also attrib., as drape suit, a suit consisting of a long jacket and narrow trousers.
1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 9/2 Drape, suit. 1951[see gear n. 5 e]. 1952A. Wilson Hemlock & After iii. i. 201 An endless horizon of drape suits. 1957M. Swan Brit. Guiana i. viii. 133 He was a..man of thirty-two, wearing gaberdine drapes and a bow-tie. 1958E. Hyams Taking it Easy 238 Street-corner youths whose drape-suits and sideburns were evolving into a pastiche of Edwardian fashion. 1969Listener 10 July 58/3 They wore drape-jackets with velvet cuffs and their brothel-creepers were in immaculate condition.
e. drape forming (see quot. 1964). So drape technique, etc.
1958Times Rev. Industry Aug. 57/2 Machine for thermo-forming heavy industrial parts..uses drape..techniques. 1964Wordingham & Reboul Dict. Plastics 56 Drape forming (drape vacuum forming), a method of shaping a thermoplastic sheet material in which the sheet is clamped into a frame, heated and a male mould pushed into the sheet to give positive mechanical stretching. Intimate contact is obtained by applying a vacuum.
Sense e in Dict. becomes f. Add: e. Surg. A sterilized covering used in surgery.
1950D. B. Kirby Surg. of Cataract v. 89/2 The use of sterile instruments, drapes..dressings and so forth—all have helped greatly in the elimination of infection in cataract surgery. 1973Surgical Team Jan.–Feb. 29/1 When you shake the drapes..you increase the chances of wound infection. 1976J. Archer Not Penny More xii. 141 He put a towel clip on each corner to secure them safely and then placed the laparotomy drapes over the prepared site. 1982G. Spaeth Ophthalmic Surg. ii. 18/2 Place three sterile drapes under the patient's head.
▪ IV. drape, n.2 and a. local.
[Origin uncertain: cf. ON. dráp slaughter, f. drepa to strike, smite, kill, put to death.]
A sheep or cow culled or drafted from the flock or herd to be fatted off for slaughter; esp. a cow or ewe whose milk is dried up or that has missed being with young. Used in north and north east of England.
1611Cotgr., Brebis de rebut, an old or diseased sheepe thats not worth keeping..a drape or culling. 1674Ray N.C. Words 15 A Drape, a farrow cow, or cow whose milk is dried up. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. (1796) II. 187 Dry cows—provincially, ‘drapes’. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Drape, a dry or milkless cow. 1885Standard 2 May 6/4 Smaller beasts..drapes.
B. adj. or in Comb., as drape cow, drape ewe, drape sheep.
1674Ray N.C. Words 15 Drape-Sheep, oves rejiculæ. 1851Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. ii. 333 The drape-ewes (or crones) are..sold at Michaelmas. 1888Whitby Gaz. 25 Feb. 4/7 The animal was a drape cow, about 9 years old. |