drape vs tessellate

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. 

tessellate

verb
  • To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile. 

  • To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge. 

  • Of a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes. 

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