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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See tappet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Worked or figured stuff; tapestry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry.

Etymologies

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Old English teped, from Latin tapetum (later influenced by or re-borrowed from the Latin).

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