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Casting of draperies
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.

Meaning of Draperies from wikipedia

- the grand manner; these are also known as draperies. For the Gr****s, as Kenneth Clark noted, clinging drapery followed the planes and contours of the bodily...
- This contributed to a shift in Opeth's musical style. The songs "The Drapery Falls" and "Still Day Beneath the Sun" were released as singles. Although...
- Drapery Trust (initially called the Drapery & General Investment Trust Ltd) formed in 1925 by Clarence Hatry, a notorious British financier. He had made...
- United Drapery Stores, or UDS, was a British retail group that dominated the British high street from the 1950s to the early 1980s. In 1925, Charterhouse...
- The Century Building (formerly also known as the Drapery Building) is a Queen Anne style building at 33 East 17th Street between Park Avenue South and...
- into thin sheets called "draperies" or "curtains" where they descend from overhanging portions of the wall. Some draperies are translucent, and some...
- Louvre is the source. The striking visual similarity between the two draperies—the position of the legs, the bust, and the left arm—is noteworthy. Secondly...
- Bunting refers to decorative flags, wide streamers, or draperies made of fabric, or of plastic, paper or cardboard in imitation of fabric. Bunting is...
- 2016. "Master of the Drapery Studies". nga.gov. Retrieved 31 March 2023. Base Joconde: Double feuille avec des études de draperies, French Ministry of...
- the gl**** cools. Drapery gl**** refers to a sheet of heavily folded gl**** that suggests fabric folds. Tiffany made abundant use of drapery gl**** in ecclesiastical...