Draper
[dreipә]
Definition
(noun.) a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods).
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Definition
(n.) One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
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Definition
n. one who deals in drapery or cloth:—fem. Drap′eress.—n. Drap-de-Berry a woollen cloth coming from Berry in France.—v.t. Drape to cover with cloth.—p.adj. Drap′eried draped.—n. Drap′ery cloth goods: hangings of any kind: the draper's business: (art) the representation of the dress of human figures.—v.t. to drape.—n. Drap′et (Spens.) cloth coverlet.
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Examples
- Draper, of the University of New York, and the Eastman Walker Company, of Rochester, were the chief promoters of dry plate photography. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I have traced her to a shop at Frizinghall, kept by a linen draper named Maltby. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Draper was also the first in America to reveal the wonders of the spectroscope; and he was first to show that each colour of the spectrum had its own peculiar chemical effect. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- At Stone Court, said the draper. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I was detected (though I kept my veil down) in the draper's shop at Frizinghall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From 1830 to 1842 there were brought out the fancy looms of Crompton, the application of the Jacquard mechanism to the lace frame by Draper, and the carpet looms of Bigelow. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- OMER AND Joram was now written up, where OMER used to be; but the inscription, DRAPER, TAILOR, HABERDASHER, FUNERAL FURNISHER, &c. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Professors Draper and Morse make first Photographic Portraits. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I am sure Miss Nash wouldfor Miss Nash thinks her own sister very well married, and it is only a linen-draper. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The Draper Spindle is shown in Fig. 289 as one of the most modern and representative of spinning spindles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Few drapers' assistants, as he was once, could have made themselves what he is. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When about twenty years of age, they commenced business at Cambridge as drapers, and they continued there until their death. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, I know,' said Sam; 'them as hangs up in the linen-drapers' shops, with beggars' petitions and all that 'ere upon 'em? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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