Drape \Drape\ (dr[=a]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Draped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Draping}.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d {Drab}.] 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
The whole people were draped professionally. --De Quincey.
These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. --Bungay.
2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
Drape \Drape\, v. i. 1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
In the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, sidewalk real-estate salesmen drape iguanas on their shoulders as come-ons, then switch the conversation to condominiums.
Parents drape garlands of rupees around newlyweds.
Duke, 39, has cloaked himself in the drape of GOP conservatism. A recent statewide mailing touts working for welfare, no new taxes, gun rights and the elimination of affirmative action.
Hungary gave a note to Romanian Ambassador Traian Pop that condemned "the brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators." Legislators observed a minute of silence for the victims and voted to drape the parliament building in black.
Neither group wears a uniform, but the Black Panthers wear silver necklaces saying "Al-Fahd al-Aswad," Arabic for "black panther," and the Red Eagles drape a red Palestinian headdress around their shoulders.
Seeing all those millions in action, I was just so relieved that Ms. Gruberova, gawky thing that she is, didn't accidentally smother herself in a drape.
Racing to beat the water, about 20 men drape 185 of the canvases over desks, couches and file cabinets.
Col. North and his allies attempted to drape Washington's ghost over the executive branch's lamentable habit of duping the legislative branch.