Definition of Tapesry
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.
(Zoöl.) Same as Carpet moth, under
Carpet.
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.
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.
(Zoöl.) Same as Carpet moth, under
Carpet.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls
- (by extension) anything with variagated or complex details
- to weave (something in) a tapestry
- to decorate (a room) with tapestry
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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