overdrape

verb — 2 senses

overdrape

verb

Etymology From over- + drape.

1

To drape (something) over something else.

2

To be draped over (something).

Leave thy gleaming, crystal halls, / Where the velvet mosses green / Overdrape the dewy walls; […]1878, Charles Edgar Spencer, The Viking, Guy, Legend of the Moxahala: And Other Poems, page 29:

Related terms: overdrapery

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