nappe

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Napier, from Fr. nappe, cloth, meant the servant who looked after the napery.

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  1. noun A sheet of water flowing over a dam or similar structure.
  2. noun Geology A large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved far from its original position.
  3. noun Mathematics Either of the two parts into which a cone is divided by the vertex.

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  1. French, tablecloth, nappe, from Old French, tablecloth, from Latin mappa, napkin; see map.

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  1. French, a cloth, table-cloth, sheet or surface (as of water, etc.): see nape.
 

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