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Main Entry: sa·vonne·rie

Pronunciation: sav-onne'-rie

Function: adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: French (La) Savonnerie, carpet factory manufacturing Savonnerie carpets established in 1628 on the site of a former soap factory at Chaillot, near the Seine, in Paris, from savonnerie soap factory, fromsavonnier soap maker (from savon soap -- from Latinsapon-, sapo -- + -ier -er) + -ie -y -- more at SAPONACEOUS

: of, relating to, or being a handmade one-piece French carpet with a pile or a similarly woven tapestry

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