napery

3 definitions found

napery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Napery \Na"per*y\, n.; pl. Naperies. [OF. naperie, fr. nape a
     tablecloth, F. nappe, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa. See Map, and
     cf. Apron, Napkin.]
     Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.
     [Obs.] --Gayton.
     [1913 Webster]

napery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  napery
      n 1: linens for the dining table [syn: table linen, napery]

napery - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "napery":
     cloth, drapery, dry goods, etoffe, fabric, felt, goods, lace,
     leather goods, leatherware, linens, material, rag, silk,
     soft goods, sporting goods, sportswear, stuff, textile,
     textile fabric, textiles, texture, tissu, tissue, weave, web, weft,
     white goods, woof, wool, yard goods