\Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.]
1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in
   cloth. --Bacon.
2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
         People who ought to be weighing out grocery or
         measuring out drapery.                --Macaulay.
3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially
   when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
   (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the
       body, or shown in the representations of the human
       figure in art.
   (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
             Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
             About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                               --Bryant.
             All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely
             torn off.                         --Burke.
{Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}.
         The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most
         important of an artist's studies.     --Fairholt.