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Bayeux Tapestry definition

Bayeux· Tapestry (bā yo̵̅o̅′; Fr bȧ yö′)

an embroidered length of linen, 231 feet (70 m) long and 19 inches (51 cm) wide, probably of the 11th cent., in the museum of Bayeux, in NW France, picturing incidents of the Norman conquest and events leading up to it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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