tapis vert

American  

[ta-pee ver] / ta pi ˈvɛr /

noun

French.

tapis verts plural

1. an unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tapis verts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tapis vert

Literally, “green carpet”

Example Sentences

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

The ground occupied was a sort of table land, having for its surface a tapis vert, or green cover.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

It was a most splendid and stately scene even in the dull November gloom, with the groups of statuary, and the tapis vert, and the general look of Versailles.

From The Reason Why by Glyn, Elinor

Cour de Marbre, Versailles Stretching out behind the palace are the famous gardens, the parterres, the tapis vert, the fountains and the grand canal, with the park of the Trianons off to the right.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

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