Definitions for tapestryˈtæp ə stri

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tap•es•tryˈtæp ə stri(n.)(pl.)-tries

  1. (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

  2. a machine-woven, nonreversible reproduction of this.

    Category: Textiles

  3. (v.t.)to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.

  4. 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

  1. tapestry(noun)

    something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs

    "the tapestry of European history"

  2. tapestry, tapis(noun)

    a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

  3. tapestry, arras(noun)

    a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

Wiktionary

  1. tapestry(Noun)

    A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.

  2. tapestry(Noun)

    Anything with variegated or complex details.

  3. tapestry(Verb)

    To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.

Webster Dictionary

  1. 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

  2. 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.

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