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nappes plices
My memory (and looking it up in the dictionary again), would suggest "nappes plies" plus accents. Or is that where the "c" came from. "pli" a fold, pleat; "plier" to fold; and (useful this one) "plisser" to screw up!
And no one has mentioned "Apple Pie Bed" yet, or is that term not known in US? If not, (and even if!) it refers to a sheet being folded half way down the bed so the two ends look like top and bottom sheet. Of course the poor unfortunate who tries to get into bed has to remake the bed, or darn the holes made pushing with their feet. The "folded linen" origin seems pretty good for that one.
Rod Ward
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