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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Drape

/(drāp)/ · IPA /dɹeɪp/
01 v. t. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
imp. & p. p. Draped; p. pr. & vb. n. Draping
  1. 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. 2.
    To rail at; to banter.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To make cloth.
  1. 1.
    To make cloth.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.