ˌsavənˈrē, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ 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, from savonnier soap maker (from savon soap — from Latin sapon-, 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