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- Dictionarytap·es·try/ˈtapəstrē/
noun
- 1. a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or furniture covering: "paneled walls hung with old tapestries"
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TAPESTRY definition: 1. a piece of cloth with a pattern or picture that is created by sewing or weaving different…. Learn more.
The meaning of TAPESTRY is a heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs. How to use tapestry in a sentence.
Tapestry definition: a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.. See examples of TAPESTRY used in a sentence.
TAPESTRY meaning: 1. a piece of cloth with a pattern or picture that is created by sewing or weaving different…. Learn more.
A tapestry is a large piece of heavy cloth with a picture sewn on it using coloured threads. The seats of the chairs had been recovered in tapestry. He sat on a tapestry cushion next to the hearth.
A tapestry is a picture woven into cloth. It's a decorative rug you hang on the wall, with detailed images or designs on it. Some tapestries, like the famous Unicorn Tapestries, tell stories with their pictures.
tapestry, woven decorative fabric, the design of which is built up in the course of weaving. Broadly, the name has been used for almost any heavy material, handwoven, machine woven, or even embroidered, used to cover furniture, walls, or floors or for the decoration of clothing.
TAPESTRY meaning: 1 : a heavy cloth that has designs or pictures woven into it and that is used for wall hangings, curtains, etc.; 2 : something made up of different things, people, colors, etc. often + of.
noun. /ˈtæpəstri/ [countable, uncountable] (plural tapestries) a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the art of doing this. medieval tapestries. tapestry cushions. crafts such as embroidery and tapestry. Topics Hobbies c2, Art c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
TAPESTRY definition: a picture or pattern created by sewing different coloured threads onto heavy cloth. Learn more.
