as in curtains
pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room
the drapery for the picture window matched the color of the furniture in the center of the room
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Ringside serves dishes like smoked Gulf Coast shrimp and seafood towers against a backdrop of velvet drapery, larger-than-life murals depicting trapeze artists and performers, and a striped arch ceiling that recalls a Big Top tent.
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2025
The rugged limestone walls reached to a ceiling with natural skylights, from which aerial roots of ficus trees hung like decorative drapery.
—Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
The design pro recently decorated a Brooklyn primary with Rosa Bernal’s Sevilla print on the walls, custom-upholstered bed, drapery, and vintage accent chairs to create contrast between the city view outside and the warm environment indoors.
—Allison Duncan, Vogue, 8 May 2025
The draperies of his garment are a feat of verisimilitude, his face the image of otherworldly purity.
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
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Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2025
The rugged limestone walls reached to a ceiling with natural skylights, from which aerial roots of ficus trees hung like decorative drapery.
—Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
The design pro recently decorated a Brooklyn primary with Rosa Bernal’s Sevilla print on the walls, custom-upholstered bed, drapery, and vintage accent chairs to create contrast between the city view outside and the warm environment indoors.
—Allison Duncan, Vogue, 8 May 2025
The draperies of his garment are a feat of verisimilitude, his face the image of otherworldly purity.
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for drapery
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“Drapery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drapery. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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