| Bayeux tapestry | A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Tapestry | 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. &unr_;, &unr_;. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. (Zool.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Tapestry | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tapestried p. pr. & vb. n. Tapestrying. ] To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. [ 1913 Webster ] The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tapestry beetle | . A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
