Definitions for genappe

genappe ge·nappe

Spelling: [juh-nap, zhuh-]
IPA: /dʒəˈnæp, ʒə-/

Genappe is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in genappe (aeegnpp).

Definitions for genappe

verb (used with object)

  1. to singe (worsted yarn) in order to remove loose or protruding fibers.

Origin of genappe

First recorded in 1855-60; after Genappe, Belgium, where the yarn was originally manufactured

Examples for genappe

His right was in advance of Planchenois, and his left rested on the genappe road, while his rear was skirted by thick woods.

Close on a quarter of an hour went by until at last he jumped to his feet, with the sudden cry of "To genappe!"

At nine o'clock the two heroes mutually felicitated each other at the small auberge of genappe.

On the road to genappe in the mystery of the moonlit night a solitary rider turned into a field and dismounted.

Napoleon on the 17th had pressed on by genappe as far as Rossomme.

Meanwhile he was installed in the castle of genappe, in Brabant, where he remained until the death of his father.

genappe was too far and the anxious son moved to Avesnes in order to receive his messages more speedily.

The duke made good his words by giving his guest the estate of genappe, of which Louis took possession at the end of July.

At the first sound of the Prussian drums and bugles, genappe was abandoned, and nothing thought of but headlong flight.

The two great enemies were at that time close friends, and Charles was a very frequent visitor to genappe.

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