Drā'per-y, n.

n. [Fr. draperie, Pr. draparia, It. drapperia. See supra.]

1. The occupation of a draper; cloth making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon.
2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. Arbuthnot.
3. The clothes or garments with which any thing is draped or hung; hangings of any kind;—dress considered from a poetic or artistic point of view; especially, the clothing of the human figure in sculpture and painting.

All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt.