Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.]
   1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in
      cloth. --Bacon.

   2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.

            People who ought to be weighing out grocery or
            measuring out drapery.                --Macaulay.

   3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially
      when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
      (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the
          body, or shown in the representations of the human
          figure in art.
      (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.

                Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
                About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                                  --Bryant.

                All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely
                torn off.                         --Burke.

   {Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}.

            The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most
            important of an artist's studies.     --Fairholt.

Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.

   2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
      shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
      of pouring molten metal into a mold.

   3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
      cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.

   4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.

   5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
      skin, feathers, excrement, etc.

   {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
      of garments, in painting and sculpture.

   {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
      to the long reel line.

   {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
      from a net that is set and left.

   {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
      presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
      are equally divided. ``When there was an equal vote, the
      governor had the casting voice.'' --B. Trumbull.