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

Noun Inflected Forms

• tapis verts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tapis vert

Literally, “green carpet”

Example Sentences

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tapis vert

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

I recollect a young Irishman, Mr. Gough, losing a large fortune at this tapis vert.

From Reminiscences of Captain Gronow by R. H. (Rees Howell) Gronow

Nor did he put down pesetas upon the tapis vert.

From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Mayne Reid

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 Carter Goodloe