drape vs pall

drape

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

  • To spread over, cover. 

  • To make cloth. 

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

  • To hang or rest limply. 

  • To rail at; to banter. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

pall

verb
  • To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. 

  • To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. 

  • To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste. 

noun
  • Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion. 

  • A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. 

  • A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y charged with crosses. 

  • Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”). 

  • A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. 

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