arrasn.

Brit.

/ˈarəs/, U.S.

/ˈɛrəs/

Forms: Middle English–1500s aras, ares, 1500s arays, arase, aresse, arres, ( aryste, ariste), 1500s–1600s arasse, 1600s arrace, Middle English–1800s arras.

Etymology: < Arras, name of a town in Artois famed for its manufacture of the fabric. Compare orris n.²

1. A rich tapestry fabric, in which figures and scenes are woven in colours. Also cloth of arras.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > tapestry > woven

arrasc1400

Mortlake1672

Stevengraph1879

1397 Will of John of Gaunt in Nichols Royal Wills 156 Draps d'Arras.]

c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 114 Or was ther arras abowt hur hede bownd?

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. ii. sig. Yi^v With riche Arasse or tapestrie.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xxi. f. 110/1 Claythis of arres & tapestreis.

1596 in Unton Inventories (1841) 7 One olde cover~lett of Ariste.

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 103 My suite of Arras with the storie of the Nativitie and Passion.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. x. 14 Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxi. 33 Like the figures on arras, that gloomily glare.

1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 69 The walls hung with cloth of arras.

2. A hanging screen of this material formerly placed round the walls of household apartments, often at such a distance from them as to allow of people being concealed in the space between.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > a hanging > types of

painted cloth1542

arrasa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 84 She shall not see me, I will ensconce mee behinde the Arras .

1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xv. 188 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) The Russling of a Rat behind the Arras.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. x. 255 His guide..vanished through a side-door behind the arras.

1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §8. 446 She called for a sword..and thrust it from time to time through the arras.

3. figurative or transferred from preceding senses. (See also Compounds.)

ΚΠ

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 170 When ye enter into the Cabinets of your own Hearts, and there, for finest Arras and Pourtraits, find Millions of Christians..disfigured, massacred, butcher'd.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xiv. 153 Fires, buffalo-robes, and an arras of investing sailcloth, were unavailing to bring up the mean temperature to the freezing-point.

Compounds

attributive, as arras cloth, arras hangings, arras weaver work.

ΚΠ

c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 366 Coopertorium lecti, de areswerke.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1564) 13 Aresse hanginges, and the other delices of riche men.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 69^v And with an Arras weauers combe of Box she fiercely smit Arachne.

1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 4 My houses..Stuft with rich things, and Arras clothes inow.

1634 in Unton Inventories (1841) 32 Fyve peces of Orrisse hangings.

1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 3 Clemens Alexandrinus called his..bookes of Divinity..pictured tapistry or Arras-work.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 167 Very fine orris hanging in w^ch was much silk and gold and silver.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 278 Linen from Egypt and Arras cloth from Gaul?

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 42/1 Our dim arras-picture of these University years.

1852 D. M. Moir Tombless Man v, in Wks. II. 365 From the panelings, in mouldy shreds, Hung what was arras loom-work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arras
释义	arrasn. Brit. /ˈarəs/, U.S. /ˈɛrəs/ Forms: Middle English–1500s aras, ares, 1500s arays, arase, aresse, arres, ( aryste, ariste), 1500s–1600s arasse, 1600s arrace, Middle English–1800s arras. Etymology: < Arras, name of a town in Artois famed for its manufacture of the fabric. Compare orris n.² 1. A rich tapestry fabric, in which figures and scenes are woven in colours. Also cloth of arras. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > tapestry > woven arrasc1400 Mortlake1672 Stevengraph1879 1397 Will of John of Gaunt in Nichols Royal Wills 156 Draps d'Arras.] c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 114 Or was ther arras abowt hur hede bownd? 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. ii. sig. Yi^v With riche Arasse or tapestrie. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xxi. f. 110/1 Claythis of arres & tapestreis. 1596 in Unton Inventories (1841) 7 One olde cover~lett of Ariste. a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 103 My suite of Arras with the storie of the Nativitie and Passion. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. x. 14 Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxi. 33 Like the figures on arras, that gloomily glare. 1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 69 The walls hung with cloth of arras. 2. A hanging screen of this material formerly placed round the walls of household apartments, often at such a distance from them as to allow of people being concealed in the space between. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > a hanging > types of painted cloth1542 arrasa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 84 She shall not see me, I will ensconce mee behinde the Arras . View more context for this quotation 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xv. 188 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) The Russling of a Rat behind the Arras. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. x. 255 His guide..vanished through a side-door behind the arras. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §8. 446 She called for a sword..and thrust it from time to time through the arras. 3. figurative or transferred from preceding senses. (See also Compounds.) ΚΠ a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 170 When ye enter into the Cabinets of your own Hearts, and there, for finest Arras and Pourtraits, find Millions of Christians..disfigured, massacred, butcher'd. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xiv. 153 Fires, buffalo-robes, and an arras of investing sailcloth, were unavailing to bring up the mean temperature to the freezing-point. Compounds attributive, as arras cloth, arras hangings, arras weaver work. ΚΠ c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 366 Coopertorium lecti, de areswerke. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1564) 13 Aresse hanginges, and the other delices of riche men. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 69^v And with an Arras weauers combe of Box she fiercely smit Arachne. 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 4 My houses..Stuft with rich things, and Arras clothes inow. 1634 in Unton Inventories (1841) 32 Fyve peces of Orrisse hangings. 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 3 Clemens Alexandrinus called his..bookes of Divinity..pictured tapistry or Arras-work. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 167 Very fine orris hanging in w^ch was much silk and gold and silver. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 278 Linen from Egypt and Arras cloth from Gaul? 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 42/1 Our dim arras-picture of these University years. 1852 D. M. Moir Tombless Man v, in Wks. II. 365 From the panelings, in mouldy shreds, Hung what was arras loom-work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400
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