From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapestried}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Tapestrying}.]
To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry.
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The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of
rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tapestry \Tap"es*try\, 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. ?, ?. 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.
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{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}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tapestry
n 1: something that resembles a tapestry in its complex
pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history"
2: a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and
upholstery [syn: {tapestry}, {tapis}]
3: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial
designs [syn: {tapestry}, {arras}]
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