Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tapis

Tapis , noun

[F. See Tapestry.]

Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table.
Collocations (1)
On the tapis or Upon the tapis , on the table, or under consideration; as, to lay a motion in Parliament on the tapis.

Tapis , transitive verb

To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [Rare] — Holland