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- noun Plural form of
nappe .
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Examples
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Swim trunks for Barbara's son and a few nappes* for my friends and family back home.
Escapade 2010
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PS → In France, "les nappes" (tablecloths) of “toile cirée” (oilcloth) are popular on kitchen and dining room tables.
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Swim trunks for Barbara's son and a few nappes* for my friends and family back home.
Escapade 2010
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PS → In France, "les nappes" (tablecloths) of “toile cirée” (oilcloth) are popular on kitchen and dining room tables.
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In the process, a few 'scales' of the old crystalline formation were dragged by the nappes into the most northern part of the massif.
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The resulting squeeze created vast thrust-nappes, violent shearing and uplift into high mountains (Hengduan Mountains and and the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), through which pre-existing rivers continue to cut, resulting in the extreme vertical relief which characterizes the area.
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When the time came to pile plates, shake out the nappes, and saunter over to the shady olive trees for a siesta along with half the in-laws, I made a promise to myself to remember this day, and how easily it unfolded, just like the tablecloths.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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Three odd nappes covered any tabletop blemishes—et voilà!
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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Swim trunks for Barbara's son and a few nappes* for my friends and family back home.
French Word-A-Day: 2004
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Swim trunks for Barbara's son and a few nappes* for my friends and family back home.
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