Word info

genappe

Speech parts

1. genappe - Noun

2. genappe - Verb

Meaning

A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

The elevation of this escarpment can still be measured by the height of the two knolls of the two great sepulchres which enclose the road from Genappe to Brussels: one, the English tomb, is on the left; the other, the German tomb, is on the right. Source: Internet

The French pursued Wellington's retreating army all the way to Waterloo, however due to weather and the head start that Napoleon's tardy advance had allowed Wellington, apart from a cavalry action at Genappe there was no other substantial engagement. Source: Internet

Where the great pyramid of earth, surmounted by the lion, rises to-day, there was a hillock which descended in an easy slope towards the Nivelles road, but which was almost an escarpment on the side of the highway to Genappe. Source: Internet

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