Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Napery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
napery
n : linens for the dining table [syn: {table linen}]
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