tapestries

Variant of tapestry

tapestry definition

tap·es·try (tap′əs trē)

noun pl. tapestries -·tries

a heavy cloth woven by hand or machinery with decorative designs and pictures and used as a wall hanging, furniture covering, etc.

Etymology: LME tapsterie, earlier tapicerie < MFr tapisserie < OFr tapis, a carpet < MGr tapētion < Gr, dim. of tapēs (gen. tapētos), a carpet, prob. < Iran, as in Pers tāftan, to twist, spin < IE *temp- < base *ten-, to stretch > thin

transitive verb tapestried -·tried, tapestrying -·try·ing

to decorate as with a tapestry: usually in the pp.

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