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tapis vert
[ ta-pee ver ]
noun
- an unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tapis vert1
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Example Sentences
The fountains and jets in this section, north and south of the Allee du Tapis Vert (green lawn), are almost innumerable.
The tapis vert occupies the greater part of the garden, and it is bordered by gravel walks bordered in turn with white flowerbeds.
I recollect a young Irishman, Mr Gough, losing a large fortune at this tapis vert.
The ground occupied was a sort of table land, having for its surface a tapis vert, or green cover.
She had lost her youth, her happiness, her all, on the tapis vert of human life.
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