tapis vert
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tapis vert
Literally, “green carpet”
Example Sentences
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For a project at a London townhouse, yews clipped into massive rectangles are lined up colonnade-style, framing an impeccable tapis vert that is reached by ascending a broad flight of limestone steps.
From Architectural Digest ● May 20, 2015
Indeed, the tapis vert is like the arena of an ample theater, with the ascending flowers and shrubs and trees representing the ascending tiers of seats.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
The gravel around the tapis vert is black with the figures of those whom the fineness of the evening has induced to take a parting stroll in the ground before retiring.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
He passed by the place, all unconscious of its unhappy history, and so on down a broad pathway toward the tapis vert.
From Calvert of Strathore by Goodloe, Carter
The tapis vert occupies the greater part of the garden, and it is bordered by gravel walks bordered in turn with white flowerbeds.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
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