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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tap•es•tried (tap′ə strēd),USA pronunciation adj. - furnished or covered with tapestries.
- represented in tapestry, as a story.
- tapestry + -ed2, -ed3 1620–30
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tap•es•try /ˈtæpəstri/USA pronunciation n., pl. -tries. - Textilesa fabric on which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a reversible design: [uncountable]examples of careful tapestry.[countable]tapestries depicting medieval life.
- Textiles anything resembling such a fabric, as by having different parts making a unified whole:[countable]the tapestry of the city, with its diversity.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tap•es•try (tap′ə strē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tries, v., -tried, -try•ing. n. - Textilesa fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- Textilesa machine-woven reproduction of this.
v.t. - to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.
- to represent or depict in a tapestry.
- Middle French tapisserie carpeting. See tapis, -ery
- late Middle English tapst(e)ry, tapistry 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tapestry /ˈtæpɪstrɪ/ n ( pl -tries)- a heavy ornamental fabric, often in the form of a picture, used for wall hangings, furnishings, etc, and made by weaving coloured threads into a fixed warp
- another word for needlepoint
- a colourful and complicated situation: the rich tapestry of London life
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French tapisserie carpeting, from Old French tapiz carpet; see tapisˈtapestried adj |