nappe
noun
ˈnap 
1
: sheet sense 6
2
: a large mass of rock thrust over other rocks
3
: one of the two sheets that lie on opposite sides of the vertex and together make up a cone
Word History
Etymology
French, tablecloth, sheet, nappe, from Old French nape — more at napkin
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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- Middle Babylonian
- middle base point
- Middle Belt
- middle body
- middle brunswick green
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- middle chief point
- middle chrome yellow
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- middle congo
- middle distance
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- middle ear
- Middle East
- middle eastern
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- Middle Egyptian
- Middle English
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