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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

vine-draped

English answer:

vines growing up the walls of the cafés

Added to glossary by Yvonne Gallagher
Mar 11, 2019 02:00
5 yrs ago
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English term

vine-draped

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Going to Nakazakicho feels like stepping through the Narnian cupboard into a different world. Exploring the maze of lanes reveals vine-draped cafes, boutique restaurants, and a range of tiny, trendy businesses from yoga and tea shops, to galleries of handmade trinkets.


I could not understand this "vine-draped".

Please advice!

Thank you so much!
Responses
4 +4 vines growing up the walls of the cafés
3 +1 covered with vine
5 -1 Cafes with vine on the suface of their buldings
3 +1 covered with vines / adorned with vines / overlaid with vines
Change log

Mar 16, 2019 10:46: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry

Discussion

Yvonne Gallagher Mar 11, 2019:
"draped" has the meaning of not just "covered" but hanging down loosely in an attractive way. "Vines", especially in the context of cafés/restaurants/tavernas, USUALLY means grape vines (with bunches of grapes hanging down in season giving customers an impression that the café/restaurant is making its own wine! There is often an overhanging latticework (or even pergola) as well so the vines can drape attractively. Yes, there are other plants known as vines but in this context it's usually grapevines, which is also the main dictionary definition. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/vine

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vines growing up the walls of the cafés

(i.e. grape vines)

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Note added at 5 days (2019-03-16 10:46:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped.

Just for the record, as Phil said, vines can be other "vining" plants as well ("vining" means the way they grow, but NOT all "climbing" plants are "vines" either). However, in a café context I'd expect the vines to be grape vines. In a bar, hop vines (for beer) but if you have a word for "vines" then use it without having to specify the type.
Peer comment(s):
agree JohnMcDove : /../ You're welcome. The picture Björn found is perfect... :-)
28 mins
Many thanks:-)
agree Björn Vrooman : Best way to describe it. Don't agree with Phil; covered with vines sounds like you need to have a machete handy to get to your coffee. John had a good idea, though: A picture would help. You can use this one: https://www.mondayswholefoods.com
5 hrs
Many thanks:-). Yes, too tired last night to look for pic. Thanks, this one is good depiction of "vine-draped" walls
disagree Sina Salehi : The adjective is used to describe "cafes" and not the "vines."
6 hrs
Well yes..."Draped" means the vines are growing up (and hanging loosely off) the café walls
agree Jennifer Caisley : This sounds the most natural, to my ear!
11 hrs
Many thanks:-) Indeed!
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
12 hrs
Many thanks:-)
agree B D Finch
3 days 9 hrs
Many thanks:-)
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+1
1 min

covered with vine

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Peer comment(s):
agree JohnMcDove
29 mins
Thank you, John.
agree philgoddard : It may not be grapevines - vine can mean any climbing plant.
2 hrs
True. Thank you, Phil.
disagree Sina Salehi : You should mention that they are grown on the surface of buildings. It was a typo.
2 hrs
First, you should learn how to spell correctly. Gown???
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : "covered" is not a synoynm for "draped" and it's plural vineS
8 hrs
This was just a quick, general explanation. Thanks for your comment.
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-1
24 mins

Cafes with vine on the suface of their buldings

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Note added at 32 mins (2019-03-11 02:33:06 GMT)
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Building, of course.
Peer comment(s):
agree JohnMcDove
6 mins
Thanks John!
agree Ashutosh Mitra
1 hr
Thanks Ashutosh!
disagree philgoddard : This is not good English, and we've already had two good answers.//Cafés don't have buildings, they are buildings.
1 hr
Cafes do have buidings I think. The building is the structure, while the cafe itself refers to both the structure and whatever within that structure
disagree Yvonne Gallagher : with Phil. Not standard English at all. 100%??
7 hrs
The same answer that I gave Phil.
disagree B D Finch : Not very natural English. "Buildings" is redundant, as is "surface" (the vines would hardly be growing up the interior of the brickwork).
3 days 9 hrs
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+1
43 mins

covered with vines / adorned with vines / overlaid with vines

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/drape

1.1 Cover or wrap loosely with folds of cloth.
‘the body was draped in a blanket’

While the definition applies to cloth, in your context it is being used figuratively as if the "vines" were the "clothes" of the "cafe's buildings"

So, the synonyms, covered with vines, adorned with vines, overlaid with vines, would give you the idea, as noted by the proZ.comleagues.

Here are some images,

CLOCK overlaid with vines and leaves.
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/hannam...

http://harcourts.co.za/Property/301041/ECT36893/Quigney

https://www.kansaiscene.com/2016/06/find-your-niche-in-nakaz...

This one is "ivy-drapped" (4th picture) but that is the idea,

http://peakwalking.blogspot.com/2016/07/bentley-bridge-lumsd...
Peer comment(s):
agree British Diana
7 hrs
Thank you very much, British Diana. :-)
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : "overlaid" not really correct here John for living vines. Only this one blog entry on Google for "buildings overlaid with vines"//clock ref. not appropriate in context of living vines.
8 hrs
Thank you very much, Yvonne. :-) Understood, but you also have the example of the "CLOCK overlaid with vines and leaves." And many other Google hits... But yes, I guess these are not always "living"...
neutral B D Finch : I like "adorned", but "overlaid" is quite wrong for this context, even if it is OK for your clock.
3 days 8 hrs
Thank you very much. :-) Yes, I understand that...
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