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tapestry |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, n.; pl {Tapestries}. [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}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Carpet moth}, under {Carpet}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapestried}; p. pr & vb n. {Tapestrying}.] To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. The Trosachs wound, as now between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tapestry n 1: something that is felt to resemble a tapestry in its complexity; "the tapestry of European history" 2: a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery [syn: {tapis}] 3: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs [syn: {arras}]
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