Draped

/dɹeɪpt/ · adjective

Meaning

Covered by or clothed in cloth that drapes loosely around the object or body..

Definitions by Sense

1. Covered by or clothed in cloth that drapes loosely around the object or body.
2. Having curtains or drapery (often of a specified type)
3. (fashion, of clothing) Loosely fitted, with softly hanging fabric.
4. (more generally) Hanging loosely.
5. (figurative) surrounding or surrounded.
6. simple past and past participle of drape

Example Sentences

The Venus Victrix is more draped than we expected from the subject, for the Princess Borghèse lay for it, as all the scandalous Chronicles have repeated a dozen times, in a state of nudity— certainly not consistent with the notions of female decency entertained in our climate.

He was followed (literally) by a troupe of very draped ladies, exactly the score of 'love-sick maidens', led by an imperious Lady Jane.

The hero, of whom only part of the nude torso and draped lower body is preserved, reclines toward the right on a draped kline.

And for the newly mobilized, vacationing multitudes after the Second World War, there were the "Colonial" pilgrimages, which allowed lowly folk to step inside the very draped and chandeliered rooms where our Betters had lived out their Elegant and Traditional Colonial Lives.

Valances, swags, or cornices may be installed over draped walls to enhance the impression of a window treatment.

As Marilyn led them down the hallway, Lorna glanced into the partially draped rooms.

Double-breasted coats, swagger coats, bias, very draped, and very pleated skirts require more cloth than straight cuts and hence cost more.

Not to mention he was draped in those gaudy symbols.

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• more draped
• most draped

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