Meanings of heavy drapery in English

The heavy drapery, as it fell, completely concealed the man in spectacles.

The single port hole was covered by heavy drapery, the stateroom in total darkness.

Arthur Campbell held the heavy drapery aside until I had glided into the room.

He rose quickly and lifted the heavy drapery.

I lifted the heavy drapery and essayed to enter, but a cold hand grasped mine and prevented me.

The gate of the temple was an arch, supported by two figures with heavy drapery, eyes closed, and arms folded.

The Queen-mother turned from him with a contemptuous gesture; and gathering her heavy drapery about her, walked haughtily from the room.

The architecture was classical in style, the windows masked with heavy drapery, permitting thin beams of light to pierce the glass.

She stood motionless, an inscrutable white figure, like some silent Greek statue, a harmony of falling folds of heavy drapery perfectly motionless.

The vapors surge and crowd together, rolling themselves from right to left, like the heavy drapery of a curtain moved by the wind.

Stooping he disengaged her clinging fingers from the heavy drapery and drew her hands slowly together up to his breast with a little smile.

The beds were surrounded by heavy draperies to keep out cold drafts.

The last chamber, however, was black, with heavy draperies and bloodred windows.

Holding back the heavy draperies she smiled, and in a low voice said:

Above all, in the semi-darkness, artificially produced by heavy draperies, towered two busts.

The drawing-room was small, full of heavy draperies and discreetly fragrant.