tapestry
tapestry Lexical Profile
tapestry Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A piece of thick, heavy textile fabric with pictorial designs or scenes woven directly into the weft, traditionally hung on walls for decoration or insulation or used to cover furniture.
"The medieval castle's great hall was adorned with a magnificent wool tapestry depicting a royal hunting scene."
A complex, rich, and variegated combination of interconnected elements, events, or experiences perceived as a whole.
"The historian's latest book weaves a vivid tapestry of nineteenth-century immigrant life in New York."
The art, craft, or technique of weaving decorative pictorial fabrics, or ornamental needlepoint embroidery made on canvas in imitation of woven hangings.
"She studied traditional tapestry at the school of fine arts, mastering historical dyeing and loom techniques."
• verb
To adorn, cover, or hang with tapestries or with richly varied decorative patterns resembling a tapestry.
"Autumn wildflowers tapestried the hillside in vibrant shades of gold and crimson."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 15th century from Old French tapisserie, derived from tapis ('heavy cloth, carpet'), which traces back via Medieval Latin tapetium to Byzantine Greek tapetion, a diminutive of Ancient Greek tapes ('carpet, rug').
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