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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.
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