napery

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English naperie, from Anglo-Norman naperie, Middle French naperie, from Old French nape + -erie.

Such napery, such china, such sparkling and elegant glass, and such highly-polished plate. — The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town, L. T. Meade
A vision of iced drinks, tempting salads, white napery, and an attentive steward mocked me with past recollections. — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
There were other and finer pleasures--the table with its exquisite [v]napery and china and glass and silver and flowers. — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown

table linen

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