tap·es·try (t p  -str )
n. pl. tap·es·tries
1. A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture.
2. Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth: the tapestry of world history.
tr.v. tap·es·tried (-
-strd), tap·es·try·ing, tap·es·tries (--strz)
1. To hang or decorate with tapestry.
2. To make, weave, or depict in a tapestry.
[Middle English tapiceri, tapstri, from Old French tapisserie, from tapisser, to cover with carpet, from tapis, carpet, from Greek tap
tion, diminutive of taps, perhaps of Iranian origin.] |
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tapestry [ˈtæpɪstrɪ]
n pl -tries
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a heavy ornamental fabric, often in the form of a picture, used for wall hangings, furnishings, etc., and made by weaving coloured threads into a fixed warp
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) another word for needlepoint
3. a colourful and complicated situation the rich tapestry of London life
[from Old French tapisserie carpeting, from Old French tapiz carpet; see tapis]
tapestried adj
tapestry-like adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
tap•es•try (ˈtæp ə stri)
n., pl. -tries, n.
1. 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.
2. a machine-woven, nonreversible reproduction of this.
v.t.
3. to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.
4. to represent or depict in a tapestry.
[1400–50; late Middle English tapst(e)ry, tapistry < Middle French tapisserie carpeting. See tapis]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tapestry - something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history"
complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
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| 2. |  tapestry - a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
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| 3. |  tapestry - a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)
hanging, wall hanging - decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
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Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
tapestry (ˈtӕpəstri) – plural ˈtapestries – 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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