tapis vert

American  

[ta-pee ver] / ta pi ˈvɛr /

noun

French.

plural

tapis verts

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

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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

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 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

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