drape vs full dress

drape

noun
  • A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment. 

  • The way in which fabric falls or hangs. 

  • A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square. 

  • A curtain; a drapery. 

verb
  • To spread over, cover. 

  • To make cloth. 

  • To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery. 

  • To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. 

  • To hang or rest limply. 

  • To rail at; to banter. 

full dress

noun
  • Clothing worn on formal occasions. 

adj
  • Requiring a full-scale operation with attention to every minute detail. 

How often have the words drape and full dress occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )