tappet1t (tapet)

[Early mod. E. also tapet; = pich, carpet, ing, also (with lo of the orig. final consonant, as in AS. tæppe, tape) Dan. tæppe, carpet, = Sw. tappa, a small inclosure in a garden, = It. tap peto, carpet, ML. tapetium, ta pecium, etc., > OF. tapis, > E. tapis, q. v.), cloth wrought with figures in different colors for covering walls, floors, tables, couches, etc., tapestry, carpet, rug, coverlet, etc. Hence (ult.from Gr. τάπης) tape, and tippet ( Dan. Sw. tapet , tapestry hang IMG:content-2858.png:[graphic] tapestry. Of Tars tapites in-nog he, That were enbrawded & beten wyth the best gemmes, That myzt be preued of prys wyth penyes to bye. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L. 77. The soyle was pleyne, smothe, and wonder softe, Al over sprad with tapites that nature Had made herself. Lydgate, Complaint of Black Knight, 1. 51. So to their worke they sit, and each doth chuse What storie she will for her tapet take. Spenser, Muiopotmos, L. 276. 2. In medieval armor, one of the series of flexible plates hooked to the skirts of the cuira . tappet1t, v. t. [ME. tapiten; Al his halles I wol do peynte with pure golde, And tapite hem ful many folde Of oo sute. Chaucer , Death of Blanche, 1. 260.