Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tapestry
Tapestry
tapestry
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a thick textile fabric in which coloured weft threads are woven to form pictures or designs. b embroidery imitating this, usu. in wools on canvas. c a piece of such embroidery. 2 events or circumstances etc. compared with a tapestry in being intricate, interwoven, etc. (life's rich tapestry). Derivatives tapestried adj. Etymology: ME, alt. f. tapissery f. OF tapisserie f. tapissier tapestry-worker or tapisser to carpet, f. tapis: see TAPIS
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noun (plural -tries) Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French tapicerie, from tapit, tapis carpet, hanging, from Greek tapētion, diminutive of tapēt-, tapēs carpet Date: 15th century 1. a heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs, a nonreversible imitation of ~ used chiefly for upholstery, embroidery on canvas resembling woven ~ , something resembling ~ (as in complexity or richness of design) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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