Draping

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The whole people were draped professionally. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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              These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,
              Soft falling, falling, through the night,
              Have draped the woods and mere.       --Bungay.
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     2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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