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napery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | table linen |
| Type of | linen |
| Has types | napkin, place mat, serviette, table napkin, tablecloth, damask, tray cloth |
Examples of napery
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His restaurants drip with elegance, posh napery, silver-spoon service.
From the independent.co.uk
The walls are adorned with bright paintings, some of which are for sale, and the napery is white linen.
From the nzherald.co.nz
All white, the decor is over the top, with marble floors, crisp luxurious napery and amiable waiters.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
The dining room, with its crisp white napery and polished ladderback chairs, manages to seem at once rustic and formal.
From the nytimes.com
On fine white napery, bone china and dinky cutlery is placed down and whisked away in choreographed moves that put Strictly to shame.
From the independent.co.uk
The napery is virginal white.
From the independent.co.uk
Fayn daynin'reeks of overfed napery freaks, sucking up to celebrity chefs and collecting Michelin stars like notches on a bedpost.
From the independent.co.uk
How was I to know, not three hours later, high over Uluru, I'd be festooned in cotton napery and wielding cutlery on a braised duck?
From the smh.com.au
Paint small bird feathers, stamp them on ivory napery, and arrange with white dishware on chartreuse placemats for an airy yet elegant table.
From the courier-journal.com
- Table linen: linens for the dining table
- Napery is another term for linen used for household purposes, such as table linen. Historically it was the office in a medieval household responsible for the washing and storage of these items. It was headed by a naperer. ...
- (naperies) Articles of household linen.
- In reference to restaurant linen fabric collectively including table cloths, runners, skirting of banquet-tables, napkins, aprons etc.
