A small napkin or cloth; a piece of drapery or hanging fabric (archaic term).
From Old French 'drapelet,' a diminutive of 'drap' (cloth), with the diminutive suffix '-et/-let.' The word is now largely obsolete in English.
Medieval napkins and cloths were so valuable that special small ones earned their own word—'drapet' survives in historical records from fancy banquets where tiny cloths had specific ceremonial purposes.
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