tapestry
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tapestry
- /ˈtæpəstɹi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English tapestrie, from Old French tapisserie (“tapestry”), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.
noun tapestries
- A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls. Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
- Anything with variegated or complex details. European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
verb tapestries · tapestrying · tapestried
- To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry. We had run above twenty miles when the sun set, carpeting the sea, and tapestrying the sky with a rare unison of delicate green and golden hues […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tapis, arras, gobelin, weaving, patchwork, carpet, upholstery, tissue, curtain, jigsaw, wallpaper, tiling, tile, mosaic, wall, fabric
Translations
Every language
noun heavy woven cloth
| Español | tapiz |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | タペストリー tapesutorī |
| 中文 | 壁毯 bìtǎn, 掛毯 /挂毯 guàtǎn, 織錦 /织锦 zhījǐn |
| Português | tapeçaria |
| Français | tapisserie |
| Deutsch | Wandteppich, Bildteppich, Bildwirkerei, Tapisserie, Gobelin |
| Italiano | arazzo, tappezzeria |
| Română | tapiserie |
| Русский | гобеле́н gobelén, шпалера špalera |
Talk about this word "tapestry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tapestry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tapestry. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tapestry "tapestry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tapestry.Cite this
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title = {tapestry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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