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Definition of Tappa
1. Noun. The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. Noun. A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.
Definition of Tappa
1. a bark fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tappa
Literary usage of Tappa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"Mediatized Chiefs—Bhopal Agency—Satoda, tappa. Part I In 1891 the population was
14370; the revenue is about Rupees 31000 ; and the area is about 81 square ..."
2. The Story of Laulii: A Daughter of Samoa. Giving Her Life, Manners and by Laulii Willis (1889)
"tappa. tappa is made from the bark of the paper-mulberry tree. The inside lining
is stripped off, and the narrow strips are laid in the bed of a running ..."
3. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"tappa- hannock, Va., June 13, 1857. He studied art abroad from 1880-83 ; was a
pupil of Carolus Duran, Paris. Among his historic paintings ..."
4. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"... Process of making tappa. THE knowledge I had now obtained as to the intention
of the savages deeply affected me. ..."
5. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"... Process of making tappa. THE knowledge I had now obtained as to the intention
of the savages deeply affected me. Marnoo, I perceived, was a man who, ..."
6. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"tappa. This estate, which consists of twelve villages in the Gwalior pargana ...
of tappa, under a mediation effected by Major Henley, the Political Agent ..."
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