tapis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tap=is

CIDE DICTIONARY

tapis, n. [F. See Tapestry.].

 Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.  [1913 Webster]

On the tapis, or Upon the tapis, on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis.

tapis, v. t. 

 To cover or work with figures like tapestry.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tapis, n. a covering or tapestry.

Idiom

on the tapis (of a subject) under consideration or discussion.

Etymology

ME, a kind of cloth, f. OF tapiz f. LL tapetium f. Gk tapetion dimin. of tapes tapetos tapestry