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tapis

Noun

tap=is

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tapis(n = noun.artifact) tapestry - a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery; Array

is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile

tapis, n. [F. See Tapestry.].

Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table. [1913 Webster]

On the tapis, or Upon the tapis, on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis.

tapis, v. t.

To cover or work with figures like tapestry. Holland. [1913 Webster]

tapis, n. a covering or tapestry.

Idiom

on the tapis (of a subject) under consideration or discussion.

Etymology

ME, a kind of cloth, f. OF tapiz f. LL tapetium f. Gk tapetion dimin. of tapes tapetos tapestry

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