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词汇 napery
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Definition of napery in English:

napery

noun ˈneɪp(ə)riˈneɪpəri
mass noun
  • Household linen, especially tablecloths and napkins.

    〈古〉餐桌用布(尤指台布和餐巾)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It doesn't quite go either with the napery or your best silver cutlery.
    • The furniture, napery, cutlery and glassware are also all of a very high standard and you know as soon as you are seated that this restaurant is promising something special.
    • I learned that in France, the oyster has retained its place as a pleasure of the poor, rather than a delicacy to be savoured amid starched napery.
    • The napery is of high quality and the cutlery is bespoke stainless steel.
    • They hadn't set the table with a linen cupboard of napery and a canteen of silver.
    • The napery is heavy linen, and the cutlery handcrafted.
    • I should also mention that all meals came with heavy starched napery and good quality cutlery.
    • The chairs don't make me squirm, the napery and drapery are the only aspects that sparkle or dazzle and the lighting obscures the scars of my years of debauchery.
    • The first clue is the decor: salmon pink walls, beautifully laundered pink napery, enough pink-patterned curtain to wrap a battleship.
    • The tables were covered with heavy linen tablecloths, and the napery and cutlery were of reasonable quality.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French naperie, from nape 'tablecloth'.

Rhymes

apery, drapery, japery, papery, vapoury (US vapory)

Definition of napery in US English:

napery

nounˈnāpərēˈneɪpəri
  • Household linen, especially tablecloths and napkins.

    〈古〉餐桌用布(尤指台布和餐巾)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The napery is heavy linen, and the cutlery handcrafted.
    • The chairs don't make me squirm, the napery and drapery are the only aspects that sparkle or dazzle and the lighting obscures the scars of my years of debauchery.
    • The furniture, napery, cutlery and glassware are also all of a very high standard and you know as soon as you are seated that this restaurant is promising something special.
    • They hadn't set the table with a linen cupboard of napery and a canteen of silver.
    • I should also mention that all meals came with heavy starched napery and good quality cutlery.
    • The napery is of high quality and the cutlery is bespoke stainless steel.
    • I learned that in France, the oyster has retained its place as a pleasure of the poor, rather than a delicacy to be savoured amid starched napery.
    • It doesn't quite go either with the napery or your best silver cutlery.
    • The first clue is the decor: salmon pink walls, beautifully laundered pink napery, enough pink-patterned curtain to wrap a battleship.
    • The tables were covered with heavy linen tablecloths, and the napery and cutlery were of reasonable quality.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French naperie, from nape ‘tablecloth’.

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