Usually means: Layer of rock folded over.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. nappe: Merriam-Webster
  2. nappe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nappe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nappe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nappe: Wordnik
  6. nappe: Wiktionary
  7. nappe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. nappe: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Nappe, nappe: Dictionary.com
  10. Nappe (disambiguation), Nappe (water), Nappe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Nappe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. nappe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Nappe, nappe (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. nappe: FreeDictionary.org
  15. nappe: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. nappe: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nappe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nappe: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nappe)

noun:  The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
noun:  (mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.
noun:  (geology) A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
noun:  (hydraulics) Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
noun:  (cooking) The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
verb:  (cooking) To coat (a food) with liquid.

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