different between drapery vs lambrequin

English

Etymology

From Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?p??i/

Noun

drapery (countable and uncountable, plural draperies)

1. (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
2. (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
3. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.

   • He made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm

4. Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
   • 1859, Thomas Macaulay, The Life of William Pitt

     people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• lambrekin

Etymology

Borrowed from French lambrequin.

Noun

lambrequin (plural lambrequins)

1. A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance (North America only).
2. An ornamental hanging over upper part of window or along the edge of a shelf.
3. A border pattern with draped effect used in ceramics.
4. A covering for a helmet.
5. (heraldry) In heraldry, drapery attached to a helmet.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??.b??.k??/

Noun

lambrequin m (plural lambrequins)

1. lambrequin (all senses)
2. (heraldry) mantling

Descendants

• ? English: lambrequin
• ? Russian: ????????? (lambreken)

Further reading

• “lambrequin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).