an 11th- or 12th-century embroidery in Bayeux, nearly 70.5 m (231 ft) long by 50 cm (20 inches) high, depicting the Norman conquest of England
Bayeux Tapestry in American English
(beɪˈju; French baˈjø)
an embroidered length of linen, 231 feet (70 m) long and 191⁄2 inches (51 cm) wide, probably of the 11th cent., in the museum of Bayeux, in NW France, picturing incidents of the Norman conquest and events leading up to it