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tap·is  (tp, tps, t-p) n. Obsolete Tapestry or comparable material used for draperies, carpeting, and furniture covering. Idiom: on the tapis Under consideration. [Middle English, from Old French; see tapestry.]

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tapis [ˈtæpiː ˈtæpɪ (French) tapi]

n pl tapis

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) tapestry or carpeting, esp as formerly used to cover a table in a council chamber

[from French, from Old French tapiz, from Greek tapētion rug, from tapēs carpet]

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tap•is (ˈtæp i, ˈtæp ɪs, tæˈpi) 

n., pl. tap•is.

Obs. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.

Idioms:

on the tapis, under consideration or discussion.

[1485–95; < Middle French; Old French tapiz « Greek tapḗtion]

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tapis - a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery tapestry cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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