tapestry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈtæpɨstɹij

[edit] Noun

tapestry (plural tapestries)

1. a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls
2. (by extension) anything with variegated or complex details

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: wandtapijt nl(nl) n.

[edit] Verb

to tapestry (third-person singular simple present tapestries, present participle tapestrying, simple past and past participle tapestried) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.
   • 1833, Adolphus Slade, Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c.^[1], "Captain Pasha's Alarm", page 152:

     We had run above twenty miles when the sun set, carpeting the sea, and tapestrying the sky with a rare unison of delicate green and golden hues […]

   • 1854 September 13, Nathaniel Hawthorne, English Note-Books^[2], "Conway Castle":

     The banqueting-hall, all open to the sky, and with thick curtains of ivy tapestrying the walls, and grass and weeds growing on the arches that overpass it, is indescribably beautiful.

   • 1921, Israel Zangwill, The Cockpit: Romantic Drama in Three Acts^[3], page 255:

     I present Bosnavina to its Duchess, I kiss the hem of her Majesty's robe and will tapestry her Palace with conquered flags.