drapes
Britishplural noun
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Fathers and daughters embraced under string lights and drapes, as Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” played, a song created by Wonder originally for his own daughter.
From Salon
The heat caused damage to this very bedroom, and among other things, ruined the drapes; now the new ones captured smoke as we opened the windows to let it out.
From Los Angeles Times
And he once interrupted a meeting to wax lyrical about the changes he had made to the White House Cabinet Room, including a long aside about the new drapes.
From Barron's
Each table is topped with brightly colored yellow and red fabric — not unlike that of the Mexican-inspired American flag Alonzo drapes around her shoulders at the end of her most recent Netflix special, “Upper Classy.”
From Los Angeles Times
Preshow, the view from one’s seat is of being in a massive old opera house with dusky green drapes flanked by rows of orchestra seats.
From Los Angeles Times
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