Definition of tanka. : an unrhymed Japanese verse form of five lines containing five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables respectively; also : a poem in this form â compare haiku.
(plural schleppers) 1  a servant who carries things. 2  a porter. 3  a pejorative insult for an individual who wanders aimlessly.
nappe (plural nappes) 1  The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. ( 2 mathematics) Either of the two parts of a double cone.