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tapa

WordNet
  1. (n) tapa
    a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
  2. (n) tapa
    the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Tapa
    A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) tapa
    A material much used for mats, hangings, and loin-girdles by the natives of the Pacific islands, consisting of the bark of the paper-mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera. It is prepared by steeping, and afterward beating with mallets, the width being thus increased and the length diminished; two strips are beaten into one to increase the strength.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Tapa
    tä′pä the bark of the paper-mulberry, much used in the South Seas for mats, &c
  2. Tapa
    Also Tap′pa
Usage in the news

Hina and Maui The Story of Hawaiian Tapa Making at Bailey House Museum. mauitime.com

The Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce will be holding its eighth annual Beach Tapa Hop Tuesday, Sept 21, beginning at 5:30 p.m. beach-bulletin.com

Chef Jose Garces' second Philadelphia restaurant, Tinto , takes its cues from the tapas and wine bars in the Basque region of Spain. foodandwine.com

Former Tapas Space In Hartford Goes To the Dogs: Hot Dogs. courant.com

Burbank's Ngalu Tapa leads the state in sacks and likes to pull off his helmet and yell into the air on the sideline. sacbee.com

El Pulpo Restaurant and Tapas Bar offers authentic Spanish cuisine in an unexpected locale. courant.com

Ninja Spinning Sushi Bar, which advertises itself as a tapas bar/sushi restaurant, should open any day now at 41 E Palmetto Park Rd. bocamag.com

Italian Seafood Steaks Vegetarian Burgers Tapas/Small Plates. slweekly.com

Tapas and Top Hats fundraiser includes speech by Kate Gosselin. ky3.com

Trendy, metropolitan spot offers a menu of tapas-like small plates to share. readthehook.com

Host a Mediterranean tapas party. dbj7.com

Rick Graefe STLhighschoolsports.com Lobster Ravioli at Balban's Wine Cellar and Tapas Bar. laduenews.com

The resort 's six restaurants and seven lounges include AmaLur Nuevo Latino and Tapas, featuring the creations of award-winning chef Stephan Pyles. pcma.org

Da Rosa 's signature items are the cured hams from Spain, Italy, and Portugal, particularly the Iberico ham, which is served tapas-style or in larger portions with toast and a salad. foodandwine.com

The hottest tapas restaurant in Barcelona has dazzle. chicagotribune.com

Usage in literature

He was dressed in all the dignity of a woollen shirt, with a piece of fine "tapa" for a waistcloth, feet and legs bare. "The Cruise of the Cachalot" by Frank T. Bullen

Then the old man unwound the "tapa" around him and threw it on the mats, as did others. "Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines" by H. Wilfrid Walker

Some were evidently bales of tapa-cloth. "Sailing Alone Around The World" by Joshua Slocum

Vrihaduktha, another son of Tapa, belongs to the Earth. "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2" by Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

The cloth produced is soft and pliable, but is not of the fineness of tapa, and it is always in comparatively narrow pieces. "The Tinguian" by Fay-Cooper Cole

Formerly the maro and the slight covering of the tapa alone shielded them from the sun and rain. "Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands" by Charles Nordhoff

Tapas, that is asceticism or self-mortification, holds in the religious thought and practice of India as large a place as sacrifice. "Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)" by Charles Eliot

Vrihaduktha, another son of Tapa, belongs to the Earth. "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1"

Tapas-kshetra because Kuru, the common ancestor of the rival houses, performed his ascetic austerities there. "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2"

When thus formed, it is called Tapa or Taba, a name by which it is generally known among all the islands of the Pacific. "The Cruise of the Dainty" by William H. G. Kingston