Definitions for tapestryˈtæp ə stri
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tap•es•tryˈtæp ə stri(n.)(pl.)-tries
(n.)a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a reversible design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
Category: Textiles
a machine-woven, nonreversible reproduction of this.
Category: Textiles
(v.t.)to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.
to represent or depict in a tapestry.
Origin of tapestry:
1400–50; late ME tapst(e)ry, tapistry < MF tapisserie carpeting. See tapis
Princeton's WordNet
tapestry(noun)
something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
"the tapestry of European history"
tapestry, tapis(noun)
a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
tapestry, arras(noun)
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
Wiktionary
tapestry(Noun)
A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.
tapestry(Noun)
Anything with variegated or complex details.
tapestry(Verb)
To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.
Webster Dictionary
Tapestry(noun)
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(verb)
to adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry
Translations for tapestry
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
tapestry(noun)
(a piece of) cloth into which a picture or design has been sewn or woven, hung on a wall for decoration or used to cover eg the seats of chairs
Four large tapestries hung on the walls.
- tapisserieAfrikaans
- نَسيج مُطَرَّز، تَطْريزArabic
- гобленBulgarian
- tapeçariaPortuguese (BR)
- tapisérieCzech
- der GobelinGerman
- gobelin; vægtæppeDanish
- χαλί τοίχουGreek
- tapiceríaSpanish
- gobeläänEstonian
- فرشینهFarsi
- seinävaateFinnish
- tapisserieFrench
- שָׁטִיחַ קִירHebrew
- टेपेस्ट्री कपड़ा जिसमे चित्र बने होHindi
- goblenCroatian
- (fali)szőnyegHungarian
- kain bersulamIndonesian
- myndvefnaðurIcelandic
- arazzoItalian
- つづれ織Japanese
- 무늬를 놓은 양탄자Korean
- gobelenasLithuanian
- gobelēnsLatvian
- dewanggaMalay
- tapisserieDutch
- bildevev, gobelinNorwegian
- gobelinPolish
- tapeçariaPortuguese
- tapet; tapiserieRomanian
- гобеленRussian
- tapiséria, gobelínSlovak
- tapiserijaSlovenian
- tapiserijaSerbian
- gobelängSwedish
- สิ่งทอหรือม่านลายดอกซึ่งแขวนประดับฝาผนังThai
- goblen, duvarörtüsüTurkish
- 掛毯Chinese (Trad.)
- гобеленUkrainian
- منقش کپڑا، مشجرUrdu
- thảm thêuVietnamese
- 挂毯Chinese (Simp.)
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