napery

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of napery

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Household linen, especially table linen.
    “She led the way through a wide hall into a charming room, where a table was already spread in its dainty napery and silver.”
    “Many will have pleasing recollections of the attractive effect, especially on a winter evening, of a dining car or Pullman train, with its shaded table-lamps throwing their light on napery, cutlery, and glass to give a heartening picture of well-being.”
    “Banter and low laughter swayer about the huge tent, swayed among the shadows thrown by the brilliant candelabra pendant on their inverted stems above the white napery of the central table.”

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Etymology

From Middle English naperie, from Anglo-Norman naperie, Middle French naperie, from Old French nape + -erie.

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