Tapis

Word TAPIS
Character 5
Hyphenation ta pis tap is
Pronunciations /taˈpiː/

Definitions and meanings of "Tapis"

What do we mean by tapis?

Tapestry or comparable material used for draperies, carpeting, and furniture covering. noun

(on the tapis) Under consideration. idiom

In the Philippine Islands, a broad sash of cotton or silk, about one yard wide and two yards long, worn by Tagalog and other Filipino women wrapped around the waist over the saya. noun

Woolen material used for floor-cloths and hangings, as carpeting, rugs, and tapestry. noun

To cover with ornamental figures as in tapestry; embroider.

To carpet; hang with tapestry; upholster.

To cover or work with figures like tapestry. transitive verb

Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table. noun

On the table, or under consideration. noun

Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table. noun

A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery noun

A tapestry.

Carpeting.

The cover of a council table.

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The word "tapis" in example sentences

Tall, dark trees rose in ordered majesty about the château, and before it a wide band of lawn, called a tapis vert, ran to the lodge-gates that opened on the highroad. ❋ Unknown (1919)

[FOOTNOTE 26: A tapis was a small cloth or tapestry sometimes used to cover a table; hence the expression "on the tapis" meant "on the table" or "under consideration."] "You and Kilcullen don't hit it off together -- eh, Ballindine?" said ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

There is sure to be some large picnic, some delightful gathering on the "tapis," when they choose to exhibit their griefs. ❋ Jenny Wren (N/A)

C'est vraiment un beau pays, très hospitalier, où vous serez tentée de faire beaucoup d'achats!!! poteries, vêtements et objets de cuir, cuivres, tapis, souvenirs de toutes sortes, etc., etc ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Celle des toitures est comme un tapis inégal de vieilles tuiles d'argile claire rehaussé de quelques cheminées. ❋ Unknown (2009)

La vidéo ci-après montre Sameer Mishra, âgée de 13 ans, qui épelle correctement le mot numnah, autre mot pour numdah, qui désigne un feutre grossier, et une selle de cheval ou un tapis brodé fabriqué dans cette matière. ❋ Rene Meertens (2010)

Comme de coutume, les invités ont rejoint leur siège en marchant sur un tapis rouge. ❋ Rene Meertens (2010)

Then at night, you set anchor in the middle of a tapis vert, a simple grass lawn on land perhaps but out in the Pacific, it's a vast cultivated field of bioluminescent dinoflagelletes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gigantic Suprematist geometries filled with salt-loving algae vacillating through hues of pinks, reds, yellows and oranges as the new tapis vert. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Christie's Henri Matisse (1869-1954) "Les coucous, tapis bleu et rose" (The cowslips, blue and pink fabric) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Carte internationale du tapis vegetal et dea conditions ecologiques. 3 coupures au 1/1,000,000 de Madagascar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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