tapis vert
Americannoun
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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
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
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
Nor did he put down pesetas upon the tapis vert.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
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
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