drapery

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DRAPERY, noun 1. Clothwork; the trade of making cloth. 2. Cloth; stuffs of wool. 3. In sculpture and painting, the representation of the clothing or dress of human figures; also, tapestry, hangings, curtains, etc.
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