retroussé—(French) turned-up [(return)]
post obit—a loan that need not be repaid until the death of a specified individual, usually someone from whom the borrower expected to inherit enough to repay the loan [(return)]
lady-day—Annunciation Day, March 25 [(return)]
A tapis was a small cloth or tapestry sometimes used to cover a table; hence the expression “on the tapis” meant “on the table” or “under consideration.” [(return)]
malgré—(French) in spite of; notwithstanding [(return)]