Drake vs Drape - What's the difference?
drake | drape |
A mayfly used as fishing bait.
A dragon.
* J. A. Harrison
(historical) A small piece of artillery.
* Clarendon
(UK) A curtain, a drapery.
The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
(US) See drapes.
(US) A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
* De Quincey
* Bungay
To .
To make cloth.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
To hang or rest ly
To spread over, cover.
As a proper noun drake
is , notably of (1540-1596).As a noun drape is
a drop (globule of liquid ).drake
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Derived terms
* ducks and drakes * sheldrakeEtymology 2
From (etyl) and (etyl) Drache.Noun
(en noun)- Beowulf resolves to kill the drake .
- Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes , made them stagger.
Synonyms
* (mayfly) drake flyDerived terms
* earthdrake * firedrake * icedrake * nithedrake] * seadrakeSee also
* (wikipedia)Anagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Alternative forms
* (l)References
* ----drape
English
Noun
(en noun)References
Verb
(drap)- The whole people were draped professionally.
- These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.