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Noun: tapestry  ta-pi-stree
  1. A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
    "The antique chair was reupholstered with a richly patterned tapestry";
    - tapis [archaic]
     
  2. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
    "The medieval castle's great hall was adorned with an intricate tapestry depicting a hunting scene";
    - arras [archaic]
     
  3. Something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy
    "the tapestry of European history"

Derived forms: tapestries

Type of: cloth, complexity, complexness, fabric, hanging, material, textile, wall hanging

Encyclopedia: Tapestry