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The definition of a tapestry is a large piece of material woven or printed with decorative designs.

(noun)

An example of a tapestry is a large fabric wall hanging with the Hindu god Shiva woven into it.

Tapestry is defined as to hang or drape a large piece of decorative woven cloth.

(verb)

An example of tapestry is covering a couch with a floral woven piece of material.

See tapestry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. tapestries

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

Origin: 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, tapestrying

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

See tapestry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. tap·es·tries

A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture.
Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth: the tapestry of world history.

transitive verb tap·es·tried (-ĭ-strēd), tap·es·try·ing, tap·es·tries (-ĭ-strēz)