Bayeux Tapestry, theBay‧eux Tap‧es‧try, the /ˌbaɪɜː ˈtæpəstri $ baɪˌuː-/a tapestry (=large piece of heavy woven cloth) made in Bayeux, northern France in the 11th or 12th century, whose pictures tell the story of the norman conquest of England in 1066