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Definition of Tapestry
1. Noun. Something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs. "The tapestry of European history"
2. Noun. A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery.
3. Noun. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
Definition of Tapestry
1. n. A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.
2. v. t. To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
Definition of Tapestry
1. Noun. A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Anything with variegated or complex details. ¹
3. Verb. To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tapestry
1. to decorate with woven wall hangings [v -TRIED, -TRYING, -TRIES]
Medical Definition of Tapestry
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Origin: F. Tapissere, fr. Tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr. Tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. Tapecius, fr. L. Tapete carpet, tapestry, Gr,. Cf. Tapis, Tippet.
A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so as to produce the figure in the cloth. Tapestry moth.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapestry
Literary usage of Tapestry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Hung or covered with tapestry. In vain on gilded roof they (all, ... Pieces of
tapestry liave generally been employed for covering the walle of apartments, ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1869)
"THE AUTHORITY OF THE BAYEUX tapestry. IT will be seen that, throughout this
volume, I accept the witness of the Bayeux tapestry as one of my highest ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1875)
"THE AUTHORITY OF THE BAYEUX tapestry. IT will be seen that, throughout this
volume, I accept the witness of the Bayeux tapestry as one of my highest ..."
4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1869)
"I believe the tapestry to have been made for Bishop Odo, and to have been most
probably designed by him as an ornament for his newly rebuilt cathedral ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In the 14th century tapestry began to be largely made, especially in Flanders,
... The designs on the very few existing samples of 14th-century tapestry ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"THE BAYEUX tapestry. The Bayeux tapestry elucidated. By Rev. John Collingwood
Bruce, LL.DFSA &c. 1 in. Plates printed in colours. THE Bayeux tapestry is an ..."
7. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"Harold in the tapestry is represented as making oath to duke William, by which
oath it ... In another part of the tapestry occur the words—" Hic dédit arma ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"THE BAYEUX tapestry. The Bayeux tapestry elucidated. By Rev. John Collingwood
Brace, LL.DFSA &c. 'in. Plates printed in colours. THE Bayeux tapestry is an ..."
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