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drapery
has definitions from the field of clothing
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[ noun ] hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Discovering that draperies could be designed to serve structural purposes , he began a study of the anatomy of folds . No fold could be accidental , each turn of the drapery had to serve organically , to cover the Madonna 's slender legs and feet so that they would give substantive support to Christ 's body , to intensify her inner turmoil . |
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